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When I boot up 32-bit Ubuntu 18.04.5 on my i686 32-bit machine, why am I prompted to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS...which, as I understand it, is a 64-bit OS? Surely the code is smart enough to tell that my machine will not run a 64-bit OS.

user517647
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You can try, but it will fail immediately after processing the upgrade starts. The pre-flight checks determine you can't be upgraded and display this message:

Sorry, no more upgrades for this system

There will not be any further Ubuntu releases for this system's 
'i386' architecture.


Updates for Ubuntu 18.04 will continue until April 2023.

I just tested in an i386 18.04 container.

popey
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