The end of the i386 kernel and images

Published

2024-10-22 00:00

Collected

2026-07-01 08:39

---
id: 18
title: "The end of the i386 kernel and images"
source_domain: kali.org
source_url: "https://www.kali.org/blog/end-of-i386-kernel-and-images/"
published_at: "2024-10-22T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["linux-kernel", "kali-linux", "linux-distribution", "i386", "deprecation", "x86"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/18"
lang: en
---

# The end of the i386 kernel and images

## Summary

Kali stops building the i386 kernel from version 6.11 and drops i386 installer, live and VM images; i386 packages remain in the repo, so 32-bit binaries still run on amd64 via multiarch or Docker.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** kali.org
- **Published:** 2024-10-22T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.kali.org/blog/end-of-i386-kernel-and-images/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/18