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[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 80 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It makes sense to deprecate the 32-bit client. Win 10 32-bit was already pretty rare and any Linux distro has been 64-bit for the last decade.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 58 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It’s not just that. Imagine the dependency management trying to hold onto 32 bit compatibility.

[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

O, god yes.

We had this discussion at my company. And the result was we swapped over in our next major version and told any customer who couldn't run a 64-bit program to get an OS made in the last decade. (no customer complained)

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 11 points 1 day ago

i don't have to imagine it!

thanks to Steam, my Linux install is full of 32-bit shit libraries (or shitlibs for short)

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Plus surely the browser libraries like CEF are in danger of being unsupported in 32 bit land at some point, if they're not already.