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Google Decides to End Support for Google Chrome on 32-bit Linux OSes


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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Debian 7 will no longer be supported

Today, December 1, 2015, Google announced that they will no longer provide 32-bit DEB packages of the Google Chrome web browser for select GNU/Linux operating systems.

The brief announcement was made an hour ago by Dirk Pranke on the Chromium-dev group, and it informs users of Ubuntu and Debian GNU/Linux distributions that starting with March 2016, the Google Chrome web browser will no longer be available for 32-bit hardware platforms.

Additionally, Google also announced that future releases of the Google Chrome web browser will no longer be supported on the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and Debian GNU/Linux 7 (Wheezy) OSes, urging users to update to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) and Debian GNU/Linux 8 (Jessie) respectively.

According to Mr. Pranke, the decision to end support for Google Chrome on 32-bit Linux operating system was made to provide GNU/Linux users with the best experience possible. As you might know, Google Chrome is currently distributed as DEB and RPM binary packages for various distributions.

"To provide the best experience for the most-used Linux versions, we will end support for Google Chrome on 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise (12.04), and Debian 7 (wheezy) in early March, 2016," said Dirk Pranke, Technical Staff at Google. "Chrome will continue to function on these platforms but will no longer receive updates and security fixes."

Today's announcement also mentions the fact that Google will continue to support the 32-bit build configurations for those who want to build the open-source Chromium web browser on various Linux kernel-based operating systems.

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Whats up with Google phasing out all there releases on old O/S early 1st it was Vista that updates don’t stop tell April 11, 2017 and now Ubuntu 12.04.5 that updates don’t end till April 2017. Good maybe more people will switch to Firefox :P

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Chromium, the open-source unpinning of Chrome, is unaffected

 

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Google Chrome is to drop support for all 32-bit Linux distros from March, 2016. 

 

The change, which brings the platform in line with that of Mac OS X, will apply to all x86 Linux builds, regardless of distribution or version number.

 

Users affected will still be able to use Chrome after the axe has fallen, but they will no longer receive any updates.

 

In a double-whammy, March will also see Google Chrome stop supporting Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (which will receive critical and security bug fixes from Canonical until mid 2017).

 

From this March only 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (or later) will receive new versions of the browser from Google .

To run a supported version of Google Chrome Precise users are advised to upgrade to a 64-bit version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (or later).

 

Why Is Google Dropping Support?

The small Google Chrome Linux team can’t support all versions of Ubuntu and other Linux distributions indefinitely. With Linux already a small overall percentile of Chrome’s user base, and 32-bit users amongst that percentage even smaller, something had to give at some point.

The build infrastructure used to package Google Chrome is tasked with making hundreds of binaries each day, and human effort is required to test those binaries for release.

“To provide the best experience for the most-used Linux versions, we will end support for Google Chrome on 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise (12.04), and Debian 7 (wheezy) in early March, 2016,” says Chromium engineer Dirk Pranke.

32-bit ChromiumIs Not Affected

‘Chromium is unaffected by the change. ‘

Many Linux users run Chromium, the open-source basis of Chrome, and so won’t be affected by this change. Google Chrome and Chrome OS builds for 32-bit ARM are similarly unaffected.

 

For browsers built on Chromium, like Opera, it will be up to them as to whether they continue to offer builds for 32-bit users.

 

Google says it will ‘keep support for 32-bit build configurations on Linux to support building Chromium’, which  we’re told it will do so for ‘some time to come’.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/01/google-chrome-linux-32-bit-discontinued

 

 

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