A side note: Windows 11 requires a 64-bit processor, but still fully
supports 32-bit Windows software. The AMD-64 instruction set is an
extension of Intel's 32-bit instruction set, and runs 32-bit seamlessly
with proper operating system support, which Windows still has even in
11. GNC isn't the only 32-bit software out there still running on Win
11. I have 2 Win11 computers, 1 Win10 (64-bit) computer, and one Win10
(32-bit, on an Atom-based tablet with only 2GB RAM). I don't run GNC on
the tablet, so as with others I don't have skin in the game - 32 or 64
bit executables are fine.
There's always the chance that Windows 12 (due out around the time Win10
goes out of support) will finally block 32-bit software. I haven't seen
much speculation about that yet.
Still, a lot of software has moved to 64-bit and retired support of
32-bit, including such things as Firefox and Thunderbird. The ones that
haven't most likely will at their next major release point (full version
upgrade) with 32-bit retained as a static download pf an older version
for those that might still need it. Moving to 64-bit-only at Version 6
on the schedule mentioned (2026) seems fine to me, and in fact maintains
32-bit support longer than Windows releases of many other open source
software products.
Mike Brady
Lurker
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