*I* know for sure that Ubuntu 18.04 will run on a 32-bit machine (I have it on a VM).
The deal is this: Ubuntu no longer provides *installers* for 32-bit machines -- I believe 16.04 is the last version of Ubuntu that includes installer / live CD ISOs for 32-bit machines. Once you have a 32-bit version installed, you can always do a 'do-release-upgrade' on that 32-bit machine and it will upgrade to the next release -- on a 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04, do-release-upgrade will get you Ubuntu 18.04, then doing it again (after rebooting), you will have a 32-bit version of 20.04, and then doing it yet again, you will have 22.04, still 32-bit. I don't know if (when?) Ubuntu will stop building 32-bit binaries -- I suspect that as long as there remain support for 32-bit in the kernel and as long as gcc supports compiling for a 32-bit target, you will be able to upgrade a 32-bit machine. The only really issue is what happens when certain critical parts for that 32-bit machine stop being available. OTOH, the only really 32-bit parts (CPU, motherboard, and memory) could last indefinately -- the only parts that will wear out would be some of the capacitors on the motherboard, which could be replaced. It should even be possible to replace the CPU fan. I don't know if there are BIOS issues with very large disks or if there will be some sort of "brick wall" issue with a 32-bit kernel dealing with ginormous disks -- I suspect that even a 32-bit kernel will have no trouble a 1KT drives, but by then the issue will be whether or not a it makes sense to get a hover mod for your Ford model A... :-) At Mon, 09 May 2022 08:02:00 -0400 "David T." <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Jonathan, > > I'm not a Linux person, but a search online turned up > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/768415/where-can-i-find-32-bit-version-of-ubuntu > > Which suggested that 18.04 was available for 32-bit: > > https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/18.04.5/release/xubuntu-18.04.5-desktop-i386.iso > > I also found: > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1376090/latest-version-of-ubuntu-for-i386-architecture-32-bit > > Which links to: > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic-updates/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ > > But I don't profess to understand the contents at that second link. I leave > it to you to sort it out. > > According to the Gnucash wiki, 18.04 has 2.6.19. Such an upgrade might be a > major undertaking... > > David > > On May 9, 2022 12:19:28 AM EDT, Jonathan Francoeur <goedi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Hi David.ÃÂ Thank you for asking.ÃÂ I am using Linux Lite, Ubuntu 16.04 > >and GNU Cash 2.6.12 on the older machine.ÃÂ As far as I know, I can not > >install any newer version of Ubuntu on this 32bit machine. > > > >Hi Adrien.ÃÂ I'm kinda scared of attempting to build a newer version of > >GNU Cash without knowing that someone else has done so successfully.ÃÂ I'm > >not that good with computers and the list of dependencies looks daunting to > >me.ÃÂ Thank you for your suggestions none the less. > > > >On 3/25/22 4:25 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > >> I think it would be helpful to know a bit more about the versions of > >> Gnucash on the two machines. The message he got was that he needed *at > >> least* 2.6.19, not that he needed to use it. > >> > >> Jonathan, does this imply that your older machine is running Ubuntu 16.04? > >> The Gnucash wiki says that 16.04 had 2.6.12, while 18.04 had 2.6.19. The > >> vintage of Ubuntu might affect your options here. > >> > >> And if your older system has a version greater than 2.6.19 on it, > >> something else has gone wrong, and more info would be needed. > >> > >> > >> On March 24, 2022 9:20:25 PM EDT, Adrien Monteleone > >> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >>> Caveat: > >>> > >>> You can have some dependency issues on that old machine that might > >>> prevent building the current version or using Flatpak. > >>> > >>> I'd think you *should* be able to build 2.6.19 or 2.6.21 though. (2.6.21 > >>> was the last 2.6 version) > >>> > >>> Please do report back what you are able to accomplish. > >>> > >>> If nothing works, consider possibly using RDP or VNC to your 64bit > >>> machine rather than a local install. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Adrien > >>> > >>> On 3/24/22 8:00 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > >>>> Jonathan, > >>>> > >>>> You should be able to build a current version of Gnucash on your 32bit > >>>> machine. > >>>> > >>>> See the instructions here: > >>>> > >>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building > >>>> > >>>> And you can update to current on your 64bit machine to match. > >>>> > >>>> You might also be able to use the Flatpak if you don't want to build. > >>>> (I'd try that first) > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Adrien > >>>> > >>>> On 3/23/22 2:52 AM, Jonathan Francoeur wrote: > >>>>> I have my accounts in dropbox and I was using a newer version of GNU > >>>>> cash on my 64bit computer.ÃÂ Now I"m trying to use the files on my > >>>>> older 32bit computer and I get the error: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> This Dataset contains features not supported by this version of > >>>>> GnuCash. You must use a newer version of GnuCash in order to support > >>>>> the following features: > >>>>> * Use account GUID as key for bayesian data and store KVP flat > >>>>> (requires at least Gnucash 2.6.19) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I have not been able to install the Gnucash 2.6.19 from the tar.gz > >>>>> files.ÃÂ I'm used to using .deb files on following instructions by > >>>>> copy > >>>>> pasting in to the terminal.ÃÂ I haven't found anything like that for > >>>>> installing a newer version on GNU cash on a 32bit linux machine.ÃÂ Any > >>>>> ideas? > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>>> ----- > >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>> ----- > >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services
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