Most Linux distributions have left 32-bit x86 behind, but there are still a few great options for your old PC.

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If you're going to be using the mini PC as a home theater PC with LibreELEC, I'd recommend booting off a regular SSD rather than a microSD card, though.

There are 32-bit and 64-bit versions as well as PiCore, which is a build for the Raspberry Pi. There are builds for other ARM devices like the GK802 Mini PC too.

32-bit software should be functionally obsolete, but it turns out to live on in a 64-bit computing world. So, Canonical is putting 32-bit libraries back in to its next Ubuntu Linux releases.

Arch Linux is just the first to stop offering a 32-bit (or i686) version; expect other mainstream Linux desktop distributions to follow suit.