I have heard people telling that if you are using 32 bit, it is time to change. Is it true? Do I not get 32 bit for Ubuntu? I do not see x86 with lts support. Can I get medium specification 32 bit distro in buntu?
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS still supports x86 (i686/32-bit) however it has fewer install options.
The main GNOME desktop is not available as a ISO for example, but if you were using x86 (32-bit) 17.10 or 16.04 LTS (Unity), you can still do-release-upgrade
to it.
You can still install using the network installer (and thus build a GNOME desktop should you really want it), downloads available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/18.04/
Official flavors however still support x86/i686/32-bit for 18.04 LTS and can be downloaded from https://www.ubuntu.com/download/flavours
Clicking on the Lubuntu option you'll eventually get to this page where that flavor can be downloaded in x86/i686/32-bit
Note: I'm using Lubuntu only as an example - most (if not all) other flavors also supported 32-bit at 18.04, and Lubuntu & Xubuntu also supported installing x86 for 18.10 installs

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do-release-upgrade
from 17.10 or 16.04 LTS, but the x86 (32-bit) ISO is not available for install of the desktop. Most Ubuntu flavors however offered a 32bit desktop (eg. Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu-MATE, Kubuntu etc https://www.ubuntu.com/download/flavours), or you could still do a x86/i686/32-but network install (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/18.04/). It's still supported, but you have fewer options for install (ie. you can use the network installer to build your own desktop if you really want gnome) – guiverc Apr 08 '19 at 08:49