@WoodooProd I have an old 32 bit Thinkpad t60 with lmde on it, had no idea Firefox was dropping 32 bit support. aa, I think the t60 supports 64 bit, I'll have to look into upgrading the CPU.
on another note, maybe it's just lmde, but 32 bit seems really janky in general. when I copy a file it always says the wrong size and certain software inexplicably doesn't work for me like liferea. kind of sad, especially since linuxes sometimes market themselves for "restoring your old pc"