Statement on 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS
Thanks to the huge amount of feedback this weekend from gamers, Ubuntu Studio, and the WINE community, we will change our plan and build selected 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.

We will put in place a community process to determine which 32-bit packages are needed to support legacy software, and can add to that list post-release if we miss something that is needed.

Community discussions can sometimes take unexpected turns, and this is one of those. The question of support for 32-bit x86 has been raised and seriously discussed in Ubuntu developer and community forums since 2014. That’s how we make decisions.

After the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release we had extensive threads on the ubuntu-devel list and also consulted Valve in detail on the topic. None of those discussions raised the passions we’ve seen here, so we felt we had sufficient consensus for the move in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. We do think it’s reasonable to expect the community to participate and to find the right balance between enabling the next wave of capabilities and maintaining the long tail. Nevertheless, in this case it’s relatively easy for us to change plan and enable natively in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS the applications for which there is a specific need.

We will also work with the WINE, Ubuntu Studio and gaming communities to use container technology to address the ultimate end of life of 32-bit libraries; it should stay possible to run old applications on newer versions of Ubuntu. Snaps and LXD enable us both to have complete 32-bit environments, and bundled libraries, to solve these issues in the long term.

There is real risk to anybody who is running a body of software that gets little testing. The facts are that most 32-bit x86 packages are hardly used at all. That means fewer eyeballs, and more bugs. Software continues to grow in size at the high end, making it very difficult to even build new applications in 32-bit environments. You’ve heard about Spectre and Meltdown – many of the mitigations for those attacks are unavailable to 32-bit systems.

This led us to stop creating Ubuntu install media for i386 last year and to consider dropping the port altogether at a future date.  It has always been our intention to maintain users’ ability to run 32-bit applications on 64-bit Ubuntu – our kernels specifically support that.

The Ubuntu developers remain committed as always to the principle of making Ubuntu the best open source operating system across desktop, server, cloud, and IoT.  We look forward to the ongoing engagement of our users in continuing to make this principle a reality.

I like to explore and gaming is a big place the days current, unfortunately, not to every platform in an equal measure, but things even out in time, sometimes in ways quite unexpected. Do you think gaming and having gamers attracted is important to Linux? Simultaneously, what the Linux movement - and the Linux solutions - is all about? Towards whom is Linux addressed? Does gaming fulfill a purpose in evolution of Linux? Do gamers contribute to Linux and if so, in what way? What particular advantage does Linux offer to gamers?

I know there's a provision to notify periodically of available updates
but it appears briefly, then disappears.

Is there any way to have an icon on the panel to show if updates
are available or not; an icon that would stay on the panel and not go away ?

Got given an old laptop today for free, i.e. a Packard-Bell Easynote MX-37 (dual-core CPU @1.47GHz, 2GB RAM)
First thing I did was remove HDD (Vista installed), replaced with an SSD.

LL3.8 (32-bit) wouldn't install onto the SSD, using conventional methods: tried both USB pendrive & DVD installation methods, selecting boot order from PC Settings. Both failed (even though found later that USB & DVD drives do work)

So, I installed LL3.8 onto the SSD using another machine, but without doing the updates on that machine. Then took SSD out of this machine & installed back into the Packard-Bell, rebooted and voila! It worked, BUT ...  the screen resolution is stuck on 640 x 480 resolution with no other choices available from the Display Settings - as you can see from the screenshots this resolution is too large:

https://imgur.com/a/s5HFlJb

I then ran 'Install Updates', but this did not resolve the issue  :-[

Any ideas folks, on how to resolve this ?

Do you have any tips when it comes to buying hardware?

I have a rule, which majority of times seems relevant to me not only in terms of choosing the hardware, but for any kind of consumerism in general. It is that all things relevant for life are at comparably reasonable prices, while supplementary observation is that only things superfluous are rare and pricey. Do you agree with it?

What about buying new versus used? Personally, I tend to go for the new, but I know a lot of people - both when it comes to buying, say, a car as much as a computer - would tell it is a squandering solution, making one have qualitatively less for as much or even more money.

Laptops themselves are kind of a controversial choice. In my view, "gaming laptop" is an oxymoron, at least compared to desktops, but still, I am very much a dedicated laptop user. Nonetheless, I am not very much a dedicated gamer. I know people, though, who would always go for a desktop.

Wonder how - or rather, when - the world of streaming services will impact the customer preferences when it comes to buying hardware. Wonder if desktops will actually ever become marginal.

Is there any way to run=emulate 64bit OS on 32bit only hardware fast enough to boot it up. I know that it is extremely slow, but is it possible in any way to emulate 64bit OS faster by removing parts of it/making the emulation itself faster.

Hi,

Audio comes from Intel i5-4xxx Graphics+Audio output on Display Port-to-HDMI cable.
No straight HDMI on PC, just DisplayPort is available.

I don't know how much an issue this is since it's my first time using an Intel CPU's graphics with HDMI audio from a displayPort (if the later matters) but...Randomly, Linux Lite stop "seeing" the HDMI "sound card" on boot or waking up from sleep.I tried unplugging the HDMI and plugging it back in to no avail when this happens.
Most of the time I can use the standard audio jack with headphones but when I need speaker output, have to reboot.
Maybe theres a "software" / terminal way to reset audio outputs?

With XFCE finally updating their desktop manager I was wonder if LL would be implementing this in the near future.

Some useful addons to it.

https://www.thefpsreview.com/2019/08/20/...w-release/

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I'm thinking of upgrading from my onboard soundcard to the new EVGA soundcard.

https://www.evga.com/products/product.as...P1-AN01-KR

Is this supported in Linux?

If not what is the best soundcard that Linux supports?

I do love my audio.  Pairing with a set of Klipsch bookshelf speakers and some nice Sony Headphones.