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Linux drops support for 486 and early Pentium processors - 20 years after Microsoft

Linux drops support for 486 and early Pentium processors - 20 years after Microsoft

Linux 6.15 finally ditches the prehistoric 486 processors and those clunky first-gen Pentiums. Torvalds and Molnár wielded the axe, banishing 14,000 lines of fossilized code from the kernel. Their verdict? It's about time. Besides, who keeps a museum in their machine except the most die-hard hobbyists?


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