It's a hobby, not big and professional like GNU^H^H^HLinux.

Seriously, I haven't worked on this in a long time (I'm Chad) and I'm very impressed by the changelog! Wouldn't have ever thought it'd run DOOM. ;) (and the use of OS/2 for medium model is clever too)

Hyperbola GNU/Linux, Parabola and Guix still have 32 bit support. And I still use a 32 bit computer.

And for sure the 2nd and 3rd world use 32 bit devices.

I bet more than 50% of computer e waste is 64 bit machines nowadays.

Nobody is removing 32 bit support from the kernel.

Tons of embedded stuff use 32-bit Linux.

But that stuff is usually not x86.

Embedded projects where intel was involved often use something like Atom.

Yes, but this is being replaced by meaty Intel UpSquared boards

There is a temporal element to your statement. 32-bit support is being removed from the kernel of today. No one uses that hardware for a modern OS anymore.

But a small band of hobbyists use old OSes with old machines.