![]() The build infrastructure used to package Google Chrome is tasked with making hundreds of binaries each day, and human effort is required to test those binaries for release. With Linux already a small overall percentile of Chrome’s user base, and 32-bit users amongst that percentage even smaller, something had to give at some point. The small Google Chrome Linux team can’t support all versions of Ubuntu and other Linux distributions indefinitely. To run a supported version of Google Chrome Precise users are advised to upgrade to a 64-bit version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (or later). ‘Ubuntu users are advised to upgrade to a 64-bit version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or later’įrom this March only 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (or later) will receive new versions of the browser from Google. In a double-whammy, March will also see Google Chrome stop supporting Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (which will receive critical and security bug fixes from Canonical until mid 2017). ![]() Users affected will still be able to use Chrome after the axe has fallen, but they will no longer receive any updates. ![]() The change, which brings the platform in line with that of Mac OS X, will apply to all x86 Linux builds, regardless of distribution or version number. Google Chrome is to drop support for all 32-bit Linux distros from March, 2016.
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