Kwiminyaka emibini emva kokuphela kokudalwa kwe-32-bit yofakelo lwemifanekiso yoyilo lwex86, abaphuhlisi be-Ubuntu.
Isebe lokugqibela le-LTS kubasebenzisi be-32-bit x86 iinkqubo ziya kuba ngu-Ubuntu 18.04, inkxaso eya kuhlala kude kube ngu-Apreli ka-2023 (ngokubhalisa okuhlawulwayo kude kube ngu-2028). Zonke iintlelo ezisemthethweni zeprojekthi (uXubuntu, uKubuntu, uLubuntu, njl.), kunye nonikezelo oluphuma (iLinux Mint, iPop_OS, iZorin, njl. njl.) aziyi kukwazi ukunika iinguqulelo ze-32-bit x86 yoyilo, kuba zidityanisiwe kwisiseko sephakheji eqhelekileyo kunye no-Ubuntu (uninzi lweentlelo sele ziyekile ukubonelela ngemifanekiso yokuhlohla ye-i386).
Ukuqinisekisa ukuba izicelo ezikhoyo ze-32-bit ezingenakuphinda zakhiwe kwiinkqubo ze-64-bit (umzekelo, imidlalo emininzi kwi-Steam ihlala kuphela kwi-32-bit yokwakha) inokuqhuba ku-Ubuntu 19.10 kunye nokukhutshwa okutsha.
Isizathu esikhankanyiweyo sokuyeka ukuxhasa ulwakhiwo lwe-i386 kukungakwazi ukugcina iipakethe kwinqanaba lezinye izakhiwo ezixhaswayo kwi-Ubuntu ngenxa yenkxaso enganeleyo kwi-Linux kernel, izixhobo kunye neziphequluli. Ngokukodwa, izixhasi zokhuseleko zamva nje kunye nokhuselo ngokuchasene nobuthathaka obusisiseko azisaphuhliswa ngexesha elifanelekileyo kwiinkqubo ze-32-bit x86 kwaye zifumaneka kuphela kwiibhithi ezingama-64 zoyilo.
Ukongezelela, ukugcina isiseko sepakethe ye-i386 kufuna uphuhliso olukhulu kunye nezixhobo zokulawula umgangatho, ezingenakulungelelaniswa nesiseko esincinci somsebenzisi esiqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-hardware yakudala. Inani leenkqubo ze-i386 liqikelelwa kwi-1% yenani lilonke leenkqubo ezifakelweyo. Uninzi lweePC kunye neelaptops ezineprosesa ze-Intel kunye ne-AMD ezikhutshwe kwiminyaka eyi-10 edlulileyo zinokuguqulelwa kwimowudi ye-64-bit ngaphandle kweengxaki. I-Hardware engaxhasi imowudi ye-64-bit sele indala kangangokuba ayinazo izixhobo eziyimfuneko zekhompyuter ukuqhuba ukukhutshwa kwamva nje kwe-Ubuntu Desktop.
umthombo: opennet.ru