Shall we drop i386 / 32-bit? If you think no, please test

[ray burke]

Alan and friends,

I still use 32bit k12.04 on dialup, as I am only a pensioner cant
afford to go higher
that this even thought I would like to try k16.04 , but to update, I
require 1.4gb of  down
load but cant cause of dialup that why I use dual boot win7 /k12.04?

Ray

On 7/1/17, Alan (grokit) <grokit at ajinfosearch.com> wrote:
> I personally don't use the 32 bit flavor of Kubuntu. LXQT will take care of
> that soon(?). It is close enough to Kubuntu to run on old, slow hardware.
> The only machine I use 32 bit anything on is an old netbook. Although
> Kubuntu ran OK on it Lubuntu runs better.
> Sad to see the 32 bit version go away but that hardware is going away like
> DVD players in a desktop.
> By the way, thanks to everybody who works on Kubuntu. If any of you find
> yourselves in central New Jersey, shoot me an email and I'll buy you a
> beer.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> On Thursday, June 29, 2017 1:33:53 PM EDT Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
>> Hello folks, Art Alpha 1 is released today: release notes:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtfulAardvark/Alpha1/Kubuntu
>>
>> Please report test results here:
>> http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/378/builds
>>
>> If we don't get complete test coverage on the i386 test cases, I think
>> we should drop it now. the KCI doesn't build the images, we get no
>> questions about 32-bit any more, and it is in general a pain to
>> support.
>>
>> Is there any reason to keep it?
>>
>> Valorie
>>
>>
>
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