Patatha zaka ziwiri kutha kwa kukhazikitsidwa kwa zithunzi za 32-bit zomanga za x86, opanga Ubuntu.
Nthambi yomaliza ya LTS kwa ogwiritsa ntchito machitidwe a 32-bit x86 idzakhala Ubuntu 18.04, chithandizo chomwe chidzakhalapo mpaka Epulo 2023 (ndi kulembetsa kolipira mpaka 2028). Zolemba zonse zovomerezeka za polojekitiyi (Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, ndi zina zotero), komanso zogawira (Linux Mint, Pop_OS, Zorin, ndi zina zotero) sizidzatha kupereka mitundu ya zomangamanga za 32-bit x86, popeza iwo amapangidwa kuchokera pa phukusi wamba ndi Ubuntu (mabaibulo ambiri asiya kale kupereka zithunzi zoyika i386).
Kuwonetsetsa kuti mapulogalamu omwe alipo a 32-bit omwe sangathe kumangidwanso pamakina a 64-bit (mwachitsanzo, masewera ambiri pa Steam amakhalabe mu 32-bit builds) amatha kuthamanga pa Ubuntu 19.10 ndi zotulutsa zatsopano.
Chifukwa chomwe chatchulidwa chosiya chithandizo cha zomangamanga za i386 ndikulephera kusunga phukusi pamlingo wa zomangamanga zina zothandizira ku Ubuntu chifukwa chosowa chithandizo cha Linux kernel, tooling ndi osatsegula. Makamaka, zowonjezera zaposachedwa kwambiri zachitetezo ndi zodzitchinjiriza ku zovuta zoyambira sizikupangidwanso munthawi yake pamakina a 32-bit x86 ndipo zimangopezeka pamapangidwe a 64-bit.
Kuphatikiza apo, kusunga maziko a phukusi la i386 kumafuna chitukuko chachikulu ndi zida zowongolera zabwino, zomwe sizili zovomerezeka ndi ogwiritsira ntchito ochepa omwe akupitilizabe kugwiritsa ntchito zida zakale. Chiwerengero cha machitidwe a i386 akuti ndi 1% ya chiwerengero chonse cha machitidwe omwe adayikidwa. Ma PC ambiri ndi ma laputopu okhala ndi mapurosesa a Intel ndi AMD omwe adatulutsidwa zaka 10 zapitazi amatha kusinthidwa kukhala 64-bit mode popanda vuto lililonse. Zida za Hardware zomwe sizigwirizana ndi 64-bit mode ndi zakale kwambiri kotero kuti zilibe zida zofunikira zamakompyuta kuti zithe kutulutsa zaposachedwa za Ubuntu Desktop.
Source: opennet.ru