A year ago, Debian dropped support for 32-bit live/install ISO images, so SparkyLinux dropped it as well. This decision has been reassessed, as it turns out there are still a significant number of people in the world who own “really old,” still functional computers with 32-bit processors. That's why SparkyLinux 8.4 restores support for 32-bit machines, offering, in addition to x86_64 and Aarch64 editions, also i686-pae live/install images as a ultra-light Openbox and CLI editions for self-configuration as you wish. Main changes: all packages updated from the stable Debian and SparkyLinux repositories as of August 9, 2026; PC 64-bit Linux kernel 6.12.101-LTS (7.1.8, 6.18.43-LTS, 6.12.102-LTS in SparkyLinux repositories); Arm64 Linux kernel 6.18.39; PC 32-bit Linux kernel 6.12.102-LTS; LibreOffice 25.2.3 (26.2.4 in Debian backports repository); KDE Plasma 6.3.6....