Proposal to drop 32-bit Ubuntu GNOME support after 18.04 LTS

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I would say drop it also. If people have a 32-bit machine, MATE, XFCE
and LXDE would be much more appropriate choices. I would say GNOME needs
4GB RAM to be really effective.

They could also use Debian, who will I'm sure will support 32-bit for a
long while yet.

My two cents
Leo



Jeremy Bicha:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 8:08 PM, John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com> wrote:
>> The idea of dropping i386 support seems like a step backwards to me.
> 
> Thank you for your feedback. I will keep my reply very brief.
> 
> I run a cheap ~$5 virtual private server for my website. It has 512 MB
> RAM and it runs 64-bit Ubuntu. My understanding is that 64-bit Ubuntu
> is actually far more popular than 32-bit Ubuntu for these low-memory
> servers.
> 
> Ubuntu GNOME has never supported or targeted low-RAM 10-year old
> computers. Check out our 14.04 LTS Release Notes which recommended a
> minimum of 1.5GB RAM (which is enough to run Ubuntu GNOME 64-bit but I
> wouldn't open a lot of tabs in my web browser there).
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuGNOME
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>