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by flohofwoe 305 days ago
Does dropping 32-bit support just mean that there are no supported x86-32 OS images, or that 32-bit applications are generally not supported?

If it means that no 32-bit apps are supported, how does Steam handle this? Does it run 32-bit games in a VM? Is the Steam client itself a 64-bit application these days or still stuck on 32-bits?

2 comments

There is no 32-bit kernel build or ISO image anymore but you can upgrade to Trixie from Bookworm.
No x86-32 images.
Ah ok, that sounds much less dramatic than 'dropping 32-bit support' :)
The "i386" is now basically x86-32 compatibility. I think there were suggestions of an unofficial port which hosted x86-32.