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Debian is one of the only distributions releasing images for 32-bit x86, old PPC, and other less popular architectures[1]. Arch just targets 64-bit x86.

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/SupportedArchitectures

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At this point there are no porters for i386 and it no longer has the porter waiver from the release team, so it is likely at this point that Debian bullseye will support 32-bit x86. Old PPC and many other architectures were dropped from releases many years ago. There were no replies to the roll call for porters yet, so it looks like Debian bullseye will just be amd64 too, unless people are replying privately for some reason.

https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAM8zJQvyaL0quk57Tyzqb... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25166634 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24974822

I expect all replies are private. There are plenty of people working on ARM, just to mention one other arch.

Arch isn’t x64 only. Manjaro’s an Arch derivative, and is the preloaded OS on Pine Book Pro’s (they used to preload debian).

The switch is disappointing for me, since I’d prefer Debian with a minimalist wm. However, manjaro + kde is good enough for light usage, and definitely easier for more mainstream users.

Sounds like Arch is still x64 only, if you have to use a derivative to use other architectures?

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