The Fedora community recently rejected two significant proposals concerning changes to the distro. One suggestion was to eliminate system-wide support for i686, which would end the ability to install and run 32-bit programs on x86. Currently, Fedora supports 32-bit applications through a 'multilib' system. Significant pushback from users, including comments from industry figures, resulted in the vetoes of these proposals, indicating that the community values the availability of 32-bit app support.
A week ago, three developers suggested that it was time to drop i686 support system-wide. In other words, remove the ability to install and run 32-bit programs on x86.
Fedora offers 'multilib,' meaning the project builds and supplies the necessary libraries and tooling so that x86-32 binaries can install and work fine.
Six years on, similar pushback happened again. For instance, the founder of gaming distro Bazzite, Kyle Gospodnetich, posted a comment saying: if this change is actually made as it is written, the best option for us is to just go ahead and disband the project.
The last version that could run on x86-32 was Fedora 30 from April 2019. However, although it only runs on 64-bit Intel and AMD kit, users can still install and run 32-bit apps.
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