tbs

When I opened a terminal after booting Linux, this was my “fortune of the day”:

“If Microsoft built cars, every time they repainted the lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car”

I'm thankful for using Linux every day
#linux

May 20 at 8:52amWeb
Show threadtux0r  May 20
@tbs This is funny because Linux dropped support for x86 machines recently, forcing users to buy new computers without any necessity.
Show threadtbsMay 20

@tux0r

Support only dropped for ancient 32-bit machines. See here:

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-x86-Removing-Old-CPUs-v2

Linux Patches Updated For Dropping Support For Very Old x86 CPUs

Posted last month were Linux patches for removing support for very old i486 and early i586 CPUs

Show threadtux0r  May 20

@tbs Which still work just well, so there is no reason to turn them into bricks.

Luckily, for those who don’t want to buy a new computer every few years just because software developers are lazy bums, better operating systems support “very old” 32-bit systems just fine.