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The Ubuntu updater on a Ubuntu 17.04 32-bit machine offers an upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10 with dropped 32-bit support. How could this be?

edwinksl
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Atalanttore
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    There are repositories for 32-bit versions of the software and the community flavours (Kubuntu, Lubuntu ... Xubuntu) are still offering 32-bit versions. It is only the 32-bit iso files that are no longer provided. – sudodus Oct 20 '17 at 10:12
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    @sudodus I think that's enough for an answer – pomsky Oct 20 '17 at 10:25

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There are repositories for 32-bit versions of the software and the community flavours (Kubuntu, Lubuntu ... Xubuntu) are still offering 32-bit versions. It is only the 32-bit desktop iso files that are no longer provided.

This means that all the components for upgrading to 17.10 are available.

There is also a 32-bit (i386) Ubuntu mini.iso file, that you can find via the link

cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/artful/

The files is

archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/artful/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso

The md5sum is found at

archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/artful/main/installer-i386/current/images/

In other words, it is possible to get 32-bit versions of Ubuntu 17.10.

See also the related link,

What will happen to i386 software since Ubuntu will drop support to i386 ISOs?

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