• [$] The current state of Linux architecture support

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Wed Nov 19 06:40:08 2025


    There have been several recent announcements about Linux distributions changing the list of architectures they support, or adjusting how they build binaries for
    some versions of those architectures.
    Ubuntu introduced architecture variants, Fedora
    considered dropping support for i686 but
    reversed course after some pushback, and Debian developers

    have discussed raising its architecture baseline for the upcoming

    Debian 14
    ("forky").
    Linux supports a large number of architectures, and it's not always
    clear where or by whom they are used.
    With increasing concerns about diminishing support for legacy
    architectures, it's a good time to look at the overall state of architecture support on Linux.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1045363/
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