> The 32-bit x86 architecture is nearly 40 years old - should it be retired for being too old? Parts of it already are, from a Linux point of view anyway. It l

> The 32-bit x86 architecture is nearly 40 years old - should it be retired for being too old? Parts of it already are, from a Linux point of view anyway. It looks like the mainline kernel will drop support for 486 family chips after 6.x, and support for the 386 was dropped in 3.8 (back in 2012). Some distributions already don't release a version for 32-bit-only intel/amd architectures. It'll be a long time before x86 support is dropped in its entirety, but even today you already have less choice than if you run something not sporting an amd64 or arm compatible architecture.