Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

2019-07-01 Thread James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire
Hi, I seems they have thought better of it after all. We still need that 32bit goodness! http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-Takes-A-U-Turn-with-32-Bit-Support Kind Regards James On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 12:30, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Hi, > > I have heard that Ubuntu is

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

2019-06-29 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi, For info, I've just discovered this: *"...we will change our plan and build selected 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.** * * * *We will put in place a community process to determine which 32-bit packages are needed to support legacy software, and can add to that list post

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

2019-06-19 Thread Andy Random via Hampshire
Hi, On Wed, 19 Jun 2019, James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire wrote: I have heard that Ubuntu is dropping i386. Does this mean 32bit programs will stop running. A lot of wine games are still 32bit so that could be a problem for some. Yup, no more Ubuntu releases for i386/x86. The announceme

Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

2019-06-19 Thread Gareth Evans via Hampshire
Hi, I received this from the Ubuntu announce mailing list just now: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-June/000245.html The final para. and refs [4] and [5], might be of particular interest. Kind regards, Gareth > On 19 Jun 2019, at 12:30, James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshir

[Hampshire] Ubuntu and i386

2019-06-19 Thread James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire
Hi, I have heard that Ubuntu is dropping i386. Does this mean 32bit programs will stop running. A lot of wine games are still 32bit so that could be a problem for some. Kind regards Jamed -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo