Hallo Mike!   
      
    MP> I guess it sort of makes sense, although most distros (including   
    MP> debian, which they source from) keep both a 32-bit and 64-bit   
    MP> version going.   
      
   Yes but both x86 and x86_64 are vastly more mature than any arm based linux   
   distribution is concerned.  Originally linux was a PC based and back then that   
   meant i386 and i486.  My first linux (slackware 3.something) was on a 486.    
   Next came a bootable CD install to a pentium1 laptop that had a bootable   
   CD-ROM that I managed to hack as a marine GPS using the serial port which they   
   were still supplying back then in laptops.  No usb.   
      
   Speaking of raspberrypi-3+, I am currently having issues compiling   
   glibc-2.28.  I've managed to pull it off in a crosscompiling enviroment but   
   not on an actual native raspberrypi.  In this build I am using a   
   mv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf (32 bit).  I'll worry about 64 bit once I figure   
   out what I am doing wrong.   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
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