Charlotte /Cinny     3d ago
linux “capitalism” torvalds to permanently erase all operating systems for 486 systems retroactively
Show threadCharlotte /Cinny     3d ago

i find the linux-libre response to the 486 removal in linux Very Funny because like

their entire thing is breaking perfectly functional hardware due to not meeting arbitrary ideological purity standards (it’s like, actually arbitrary)

but then we get to vintage hardware (genuinely about 40 years old!) which nobody is using for linux and they treat it as this huge ewaste issue

i suppose it makes sense for when your standard of a bleeding edge computer is an ancient thinkpad laptop ☠️

i don’t even think any one of them even run modern linux on 486 because that sounds between unusable and absolutely miserable

Show threadAENS System (usually November)3d ago
@[email protected] Like, computers keep advancing and getting faster and having more resources, and new ones keep being made. Once something is so old that, like, getting something newer and faster is not going to be a significant financial consideration, why waste dev time supporting it?
Show threadCharlotte /Cinny     3d ago
@aens yeah the implication that it is a completely reasonable course of action to make a revival 486 pc today and run the most recent version of upstream linux on it. or the implication that ~40 year old hardware isn’t already exclusively found on landfills and offline collections
Show threadkkarhan

@charlotte @aens I hate to break it to you, but #Vortex86 chips are still newly being installed in #embedded #industrial setups as they are the only #SoC|s / #SOM|s in production with native #ISA support thus essential for a lot.of legacy systems that can't be replaved on a whim.

- And yes, the #Vortex86SX & #Vortex86DX are #i486-based.

And yes, I do want a minimalist #Linux for `i486`, WHICH IS WHY i started @OS1337 …

#OS1337 #FLOSS

Jun 15 at 12:34pmWeb
Show threadAENS System (usually November)3d ago
@kkarhan @[email protected] Yes, but why do legacy chips used in embedded applications even need to be running the latest kernel in the first place? If it's a legacy system, just don't plug it into the internet and never update your software in the first place
Show threadkkarhan3d ago

@aens @charlotte mostly to be able to bridge stuff and be able to at least act as "rescue system" for backup & restore.

- And the more modernnat least that is the less brodging you need.