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Xorg edited this page May 16, 2020 · 1 revision

End of 32-bit portable version

The last of the 32-bit portable version

It becomes harder to build 32-bit portable binaries: more and more OS are dropping the ix86 support (AKA 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set).
Remember, the first 64-bit CPU (x86_64) was introduced back to year 2003 (AMD Opteron with AMD64)!

Today, we are 15 years later, and all x86 CPUs are 64-bit capable. So, maintaining a 32-bit binary is useless and it constitutes a waste of time.

It only affects the portable version; some packages are still available for 32-bit, or you can still build a 32-bit binary from source.

CPU-X v3.2.1 is the latest version which provides a 32-bit portable binary.

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