

But some projects are still strong and provide users with an option to run the older machines with full functionality. Recently, many famous and lightweight Linux distros dropped support for 32-bit architecture.

However, the hardware manufactured after 2007 are primarily 64-bit and may term as modern. Most of the older hardware manufactured before 2007 has 32-bit architecture-based CPUs, which we mostly know as i386, i586, i486 and x86. But more and more Linux operating systems are dropping support for 32-bit systems mainly because it takes additional testing effort to keep another build apart from 64-bit, and the number of 32-bit systems is reducing daily.

Linux always supports older hardware, thanks to the community. What is happening with 32-bit Linux Distros?
