the answer of which turned out to be a resounding ‘yes’, as MX Linux still offers 32-bit builds of its most recent releases. A 15 minute upgrade process later, and a 2 minute boot later ...
The rationale was the same a few years ago when distributions like Arch Linux decided to drop support for 32-bit hardware entirely. Maintainers had noticed the drop-off in downloads for the 32-bit ...
a desktop like Xfce can be a recipe for disaster. That's yet another reason why I find MX Linux so appealing. By default, MX Linux version 23 configured Xfce to be different enough to know you're ...