<html><head></head><body>I don't know if we should base our decisions off of what microsoft does, but I would expect ubuntu to support 32 bit at least as long as windows does. I would also expect the 32 bit lubuntu and minimal installers to stick around longer than the other flavors/spins. I couldn't find a conclusive answer on when microsoft is ending support, but it seemed to be around 2025. When I run stuff on 32 bit, it's usually to run a server for something simple like a file server or a local dhcp/dns server so the desktop doesn't matter much for me. <div class="gmail_quote">On May 12, 2018 10:23:21 AM MDT, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <pre class="k9mail"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">On 11 May 2018 at 16:32, Fiedler Roman <Roman.Fiedler@ait.ac.at> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> b) Those, who do not want to consume more resources due to ethical considerations (that's the one for me): how many people could fed or how much CO2 prevented, if all systems were some percent smaller on disk/RAM, including IT-system production and operation related resource usage? Wasting resources is also about freedom, as we deprive others who cannot afford them/fight for them in the same way we can do. </blockquote></blockquote> As already pointed out by Dimitri, regarding getting a job done, a modern CPU requires much less power. Actually this could happen by two different ways. Much more processing power by less power consumption than an old 32bit computer or by much, much more processing power by similar high power consumption as an old 32bit computer. Modern computers are faster, work with causing less heat, require less voltage, are using faster buses, RAM, CPUs with better instruction sets etc.. Another point of view are related to computer waste [1], slavery, rare earths, power consumption to produce new machines, while old machines might still do the job. Unfortunately another part to consider is the balance when maintaining an operating system and apps for a dead architecture. It also requires resources such as energy consumption, but also resources as wasting time a maintainer otherwise could use to do volunteer work e.g. by helping wheelchair users. [1] <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=agbogbloshie+images&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQjcyEyIDbAhUEqaQKHRO7BmEQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=919">https://www.google.com/search?q=agbogbloshie+images&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQjcyEyIDbAhUEqaQKHRO7BmEQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=919</a> </pre></blockquote></div></body></html>