Linux 32 bit possible anymore?

[dylan]

Originally Posted by Stefan

It's pretty hard to find still a distribution which is really supporting 32 bit x-x Getting it to correctly link to OpenGL and make it working for Nvidia & co is a pain.
Maybe a solution can be using the Flash version on Facebook?

Mint, Ubuntu, etc all support 32bit with their latest versions.

Using Flash rather than native can be quite troublesome on older computers as it seems to have higher CPU usage and whatnot.

Graal is relatively easy on resources when in native environment, but when thrown into flash it can become quite a disturbance.

[cyan3]

Originally Posted by dylan

Mint, Ubuntu, etc all support 32bit with their latest versions.

Using Flash rather than native can be quite troublesome on older computers as it seems to have higher CPU usage and whatnot.

Graal is relatively easy on resources when in native environment, but when thrown into flash it can become quite a disturbance.

Stefan does have a point though, hardly anyone uses a 32-bit processor, hell, even my old computer which is the best part of 8 years old has an Intel Pentium 4 516 and supports 64-bit.

[dylan]

Originally Posted by cyan3

Stefan does have a point though, hardly anyone uses a 32-bit processor, hell, even my old computer which is the best part of 8 years old has an Intel Pentium 4 516 and supports 64-bit.

I never denied he had a point, I'm just saying the distros still support x86 & i386 and some people are forced to use them due to limitations with their hardware. For example, on one of my machines I have an Intel PD that supports x86_64, yet I don't run 64-bit on it because its RAM is rather low.

[cyan3]

Originally Posted by dylan

I never denied he had a point, I'm just saying the distros still support x86 & i386 and some people are forced to use them due to limitations with their hardware. For example, on one of my machines I have an Intel PD that supports x86_64, yet I don't run 64-bit on it because its RAM is rather low.

Fair point.