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Canonical have released a statement on Ubuntu and 32bit support, will keep select packages

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jun 2019

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It seems Canonical have done a bit of a U-turn on dropping 32bit support for Ubuntu, as many expected they would do. Their official statement is now out for those interested.

Canonical are now saying Ubuntu's 32bit is not being entirely dropped, 32bit libraries will be "frozen"

By Liam Dawe, 23 Jun 2019

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As an update to the situation around Canonical planning to drop 32bit support, apparently they're not. Instead, the 32bit libraries will be frozen.

Canonical planning to drop 32bit support with Ubuntu 19.10 onwards

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2019

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As you might have heard by now, Canonical has made the decision to drop 32bit support from Ubuntu 19.10 onwards.

Canonical drop the Unity desktop environment for Ubuntu favour of going back to GNOME

By Liam Dawe, 7 Apr 2017

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I have been debating writing about this since we are mainly a gaming news site (I should really setup another site for all the other Linux news I want to write about!), but Canonical switching back to GNOME on Ubuntu is very big news for everyone.

Ubuntu Developers Looking To Simplify Getting Latest Nvidia Graphics Drivers

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2015

I had a nice email from Jorge Castro of Canonical today, and it seems they are looking at ways for Ubuntu users to get newer Nvidia graphics drivers in an easier fashion.

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