But gamers should still be able to run old applications on newer versions of Ubuntu. In a blog post , Canonical said it's been discussing whether or not to support 32-bit x86 internally since 2014.

If you're a Linux gamer who prefers Ubuntu, you might want to look for another distribution in the near future. Valve is dropping official support for Ubuntu in Steam as of the operating system's ...

It has decided to support select 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu version 19.10 and 20.04 LTS. When there is a specific need, Canonical has promised to enable support for the applications.

This list goes over five Linux distributions that still support 32-bit x86 computers, as of June 2025. There aren’t many options left these days, as Fedora and Ubuntu both dropped 32-bit images ...