In case you have not been following, Microsoft is looking to block off really old processors from running the next feature update for Windows 11, 24H2. A couple of instructions, SSE4.2 and PopCnt, are ...
Linux 7.1 begins sunsetting built-in support for i486 CPUs. Linus says it's time to leave i486 behind as compatibility glue wastes dev time and causes issues. Keep using an LTS kernel or older distro ...
Linux creator Linus Torvalds says a discussion over removing support for i486 was triggered by something not directly related, but that just touched on a similar area. "This discussion was all ...
If you're running Linux on 30-plus year old hardware, lend me your ears: in recent weeks the Linux kernel has been updated to no longer support Intel 486 and 586 processors. Here's why it's happening, ...
Intel’s i486 was the first “computer number” I ever really understood. Sure, my elementary school computer lab had both the Apple IIGS and Apple IIc, and one of them was slightly more useful, for ...
Linux 7.1 is lining up a change which starts sunsetting built-in support for Intel’s i486 CPUs, the sort of kit old enough to have nostalgia for dial-up. Phoronix spotted a patch queued for 7.1 by ...
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