CentOS 7.3 (1611) Linux Distro Now Available for 32-Bit (i386) Architectures | Linux Today

CentOS 7.3 (1611) Linux Distro Now Available for 32-Bit (i386) Architectures

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Marius Nestor
Jan 30, 2017

If some of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions have started dropping support for 32-bit (i686/x86) installations or plan to do so in the near future, many are still installable on older computers from 10 years go. CentOS 7.3 (1611) is the latest addition to the list of 32-bit supported Linux-based operating systems, thanks to a group of hard working people from the CentOS AltArch SIG initiative trying to create alternative architecture support for CentOS Linux.

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Marius Nestor

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