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monica_b1998@lemmy.world to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 25 days ago

Linux devs start removing support for 37-year-old Intel 486 CPU — head honcho Linus Torvalds says 'zero real reason' to continue support

www.tomshardware.com

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Linux devs start removing support for 37-year-old Intel 486 CPU — head honcho Linus Torvalds says 'zero real reason' to continue support

www.tomshardware.com

monica_b1998@lemmy.world to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 25 days ago
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Linus Torvalds recently telegraphed that there was ‘zero real reason’ to continue support for these ancient CPUs.
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    Goddamnit. Just when I was thinking of upgrading my machine.

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      Don’t worry, I’ve heard good things about the Pentiums. Just make sure to use the turbo button for multimedia!

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    I had a Pentium 100 in 1996, 30 years ago, surely they will think of the kids

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    If I understand it correctly it will be 40 years old by the time LTS ends right?

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    Doesn’t want to support old CPU’s, still uses the telegraph. Talk about double standards.

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    What was the last version of Linux, that had a mainstream distro able to run on a 486?

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