Ubuntu
plasma-workspace package

  1. Bug #1958044
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 1958044

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote :

Personally I'd recommend Debian for 32-bit machines, if you're unhappy with the support 32-bit Ubuntu has. Yes Ubuntu is still supported with the GNOME desktop, but flavors are now all EOL.

If your hardware is updated & using uEFI boot; you may discover you cannot re-install Kubuntu 18.04.5 or other flavor media; as keys for 18.04.5 & earlier media are no longer valid; which is the reason for 18.04.6 media was created (https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2021/09/17/ubuntu-18-04-6-lts-released/), where you'll discover no flavor was involved as they were all EOL. This issue will not impact most i386/32-bit hardware, but it's best not to check beforehand.

Yes a number of us still use 18.04 with 32-bit hardware; but I used the same hardware I QA-tested Ubuntu flavors with (up to Aug-2020 as 18.10 & 19.04 had i386 media plus re-spins of 18.04) for testing Debian releases and it was mostly equal (one very slow box did better with Lubuntu for some reason).

I very much doubt bug reports on 18.04 'universe' packages will get attention before closure in April-2023 (but hey, it's still possible)