alt.hn

4/6/2026 at 11:50:28 AM

Linux 7.1 Expected to Begin Removing I486 CPU Suppor

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Phasing-Out-i486

by mariuz

4/6/2026 at 1:36:17 PM

Understandable move. Still a sad day for retrocomputing, because once Linux drops support, compilers such as LLVM and GCC will soon follow suit, and soon there will be no way to write DOS or Win16 programs in Rust.

by Hackbraten