Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Server Edition Won’t Ship with a 32-Bit ISO

By Bob L | December 21, 2017

Canonical engineer Josh Powers posted a message today on the ubuntu-server mailing list to confirm the removal of the 32-bit (i386) daily ISO images of Ubuntu Server starting with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Following in the footsteps of Ubuntu Desktop, the Ubuntu Server official flavor won’t be shipping with 32-bit ISO images when the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system will be released next year in April. Therefore, you won’t be able to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS as a server, nor desktop OS on an old 32-bit computer.

“After no objections or issues were brought up on the ubuntu-server mailing list, I am requesting the removal of the Ubuntu Server i386 daily images starting with 18.04. As with the desktop i386 ISO change, there are no other changes requested to d-i, mini.iso, archive, or the upgrade paths,” writes Josh Powers on the mailing list.

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Official Ubuntu flavors still won’t drop 32-bit support

It would appear that existing Ubuntu 17.10 Server 32-bit users won’t be able to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS next year, so they’ll have to do a reinstall, of course. More and more GNU/Linux distributions are dropping 32-bit support lately, yet most of the official Ubuntu flavors like Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu or Ubuntu MATE won’t very soon.

 

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