Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support

cm0002@lemy.lol · 2 months ago

Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support

the16bitgamer@programming.dev · 2 months ago

Good night sweet prince

lemonhead2@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

looks like no distros support a 486 anyway

realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip · 2 months ago

Pretty sure out there is at least one distro like knoppix or minix that will still support even the oldest CPUs. But yeah, nothing mainstream.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

My Packard Bell will be so sad

fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Should have got the Pentium.

hperrin@lemmy.ca · 2 months ago

That’s sad. :(

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

🫡

Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 2 months ago

I wonder if that includes all 16 bit processors.

mkwt@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Linux (at least the mainline version) never supported 16-bit processors. Linus started writing the operating system on his brand new 32-bit 386 machine, and he never looked back.

Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 2 months ago

Oh, I thought 486 was a 16 bit processor. My bad.

sorghum@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago

That would’ve been the 286. Practically ancient history

Tja@programming.dev · 2 months ago

And no MMU, so basically impossible to implement real multi tasking.

Sunshine@piefed.zip · 2 months ago

Linus Torvalds has become a sith.

Eheran@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

How dare anyone plan dropping support for a 36 year old CPU! Clearly only the most evil person would do that.

chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Not even dropped. Just STARTING to phase it out. Lol