Concerned about future 32 bit server support

[Colin Law]

On 8 August 2017 at 17:07, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There was a fairly long discussion over on the Kubuntu list, about
> dropping 32 bit support.
>
> My concern is that I have a little home built machine with a 32 bit
> Atom processor that has been running for several years and perfectly
> serves my needs for a low power headless server. Will 32 bit server
> support continue into the foreseeable future?

It depends what you consider to be forseeable. If you are running a
current LTS version (on 32 bit) then it will continue to be supported
till the end of its life, so 16.04 will be supported till April 2021.
If 18.04 server has 32 bit then it will be supported till 2023.

Colin