nixCraft 🐧4d ago

Linux 7.1 is finally ending support for Intel's 37-year-old 486 processor

https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-7-1-finally-dropping-support-intels-37-year-old-486-processor/

Linux 7.1 is finally ending support for Intel's 37-year-old 486 processor

Sorry to all six people still using one.

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Show threadJeff Clough4d ago
@nixCraft I remember a friend of mine being out-of-this-world excited when he ditched his old rig with a 386SX processor for a self-built system with a 486. What a time.
Show threadRay McCarthy
@jcnotwit @nixCraft
Maybe Linux Mint 19.3 was the last of that distro to support 32 bits, even on a Pentium.
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