Linux got its start in the 1990s as an alternative operating system for older PCs that didn’t have the horsepower to run newer versions of Windows. So it seems a bit ironic, but not totally surprising ...

If you’re reading this article on a PC, it’s quite likely the processor under the hood is 64-bit. Most computers these days run 64-bit CPUs, and most computers run 64-bit operating systems. Arch Linux ...

The chipmaker's lab tests show that a 32-processor Itanium server running Linux is rivaling Windows and Unix servers, a major accomplishment for the comparatively young OS. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

AMD and Intel released the first 64-bit CPUs for consumers back in 2003 and 2004. Now, more than a decade later, Linux distributions are looking at winding down support for 32-bit hardware. Google ...

With the announcement of LibreOffice 6.3 Beta 1, the open source office suite has stopped providing 32-bit binaries for the Linux platform although 32-bit compatibility has not yet been removed from ...