Project Seeks Input on Future of 32-bit ARM

The openSUSE Project is seeking community input to determine whether it should continue supporting 32-bit ARM architectures.

Maintaining support for legacy platforms is increasingly challenging. The openSUSE team cited limited upstream support and dwindling maintenance resources as key factors behind the potential decision to retire 32-bit ARM (ARMv6 and ARMv7) support.

Devices like the Raspberry Pi 1 , Pi Zero, BeagleBone, and other older embedded boards rely on 32-bit ARM. If you’re using openSUSE on any of these platforms, the team wants to hear from you.

Take the survey at survey.opensuse.org to help the team determine a path for 32-bit ARM architectures.

The survey will go until the end of July.

Get Involved

If you’re interested in helping maintain 32-bit ARM support through testing, bug reports, or documentation, join one of the following communication channels:

IRC: #opensuse-arm on Libera.Chat

Matrix: #arm:opensuse.org

Mailing List: lists.opensuse.org