If there is anything that would set Linux apart from closed source and make it more attractive to those who want control of their own OS (which Microsoft won’t allow!) or the use of hardware from multiple vendors (which Apple will sue you for!), good backwards compatibility would be it.Īlas, most programmer types seem to be into the “new and shiny”, and appear to have no interest in such things.Īs an admin. Who would have thought there was anything about Microsoft’s business practices worth emulating?! Sadly Linux seems to be following Apple’s example of planned obsolescence more than Microsoft’s backwards compatibility! Apple has obsoleted anything but 64 bits, and will no doubt soon obsolete x86-64 in favor of Arm64 (their own in house Axx CPUs), because they are too cool for school.

If you use Windows, your chances of getting 32 bit software for some version of it that is officially discontinued such as 7 is decent. Not just for Viber, which is what I am also trying to get working, but for all software available for Linux in general allow. It is a pity that Linux 32bits support is not contemplated anymore by big companies and developer groups.

Viber for windows 7 32 bit