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The change Ubuntu is proposing is far less harsh than what macOS is doing. Unlike macOS, Ubuntu will still run 32-bit processes, you just have to provide all of the userspace libraries. Applications like Steam for Linux already do this for binary compatibility reasons, so their usecase won't change much. Wine's official Ubuntu packages currently rely on the OS to provide these userspace libraries. They would "only" n…
I wonder why Wine doesn't have those libraries on standby. I can understand keeping installer/total install size and footprint down for any application but especially emulation which is already complex and going to push hardware. If Wine includes the right components, what performance hit may be suffered? Or maybe I have this wrong and it won't really matter.
Re: Wine Developers Concerned with Ubuntu Dropping 32-Bit Support
#191I doubt packaging graphics drivers is feasible for Wine, and those are target important for games...