Sunshine@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 23 hours ago28 years after the final Intel 486 desktop CPUs rolled off assembly lines, Linux is finally dropping support for itwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1147
arrow-up1147external-link28 years after the final Intel 486 desktop CPUs rolled off assembly lines, Linux is finally dropping support for itwww.pcgamer.comSunshine@piefed.zip to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·20 hours agoThere’s an ungodly insane number of old industrial control systems still banging around out there on 486 processors and custom ISA cards. It might never actually go away.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up17·16 hours agoYeah but those aren’t going to be running Linux 7.0. I’d be shocked if they ran anything newer than 2.6, if that new and Linux at all.
minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 hours agoI’d be surprised if they had been updated at all after their installation was signed off.
There’s an ungodly insane number of old industrial control systems still banging around out there on 486 processors and custom ISA cards. It might never actually go away.
Yeah but those aren’t going to be running Linux 7.0. I’d be shocked if they ran anything newer than 2.6, if that new and Linux at all.
I’d be surprised if they had been updated at all after their installation was signed off.