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My biggest Issue would be Retro Gaming. Unless there is suitable Emulation for 32Bit (on linux in my case) I'd be annoyed...

• EuropeOverlords 3y ago
  Why ?
  • dtx1 3y ago
    Cause I like to play old games
    • EuropeOverlords 3y ago
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      • dtx1 3y ago
        Are you high? Anyway I'm talking about 32bit based windows games from 2000 forward
        • EuropeOverlords 3y ago
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• mepian 3y ago
  QEMU [0] emulates many systems, including the 32-bit Intel architecture. For retro gaming specifically I can recommend PCem [1], which also emulates a wide range of sound and graphics cards, from IBM MDA to 3dfx Voodoo 2. [0] https://www.qemu.org/ https://www.qemu.org/ [1] https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/ https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/
  • dtx1 3y ago
    For REALLY old games PCEM works but for later games (think generation half life 2+) it becomes very tedious to work with VMs, especially when you have to do GPU Passthrough
    • mepian 3y ago
      Looks like 32-bit user mode (but not kernel mode) is not getting removed, so these games should still work.
• xanathar 3y ago
  Unless by that you also mean running old OSs (e.g. Windows 95... but you probably can't run that already, in a world with UEFI and no A20) then you're fine: they are removing ring-0 32bit, but not ring-3 32bit.
• ars 3y ago
  It seems 32 bit programs would continue to work, it's only 32 bit OS that wouldn't. I feel like most retro games work fine in a 64 bit OS, but maybe you can chime in if that's true or not?