Linux is renowned for supporting incredibly ancient hardware, but there are limits to even what Linux developers can support. Phoronix reports that Linux developers are finally proposing removing ...

The Linux kernel could drop support for i486 processors in the near future. Linus Torvalds floated the idea, suggesting that the work that goes into maintaining support for i486 just isn't worth it.

Also, the i486's time is nigh.

One point in favor of the sprawling Linux ecosystem is its broad hardware support—the kernel officially supports everything from ’90s-era PC hardware to Arm-based Apple Silicon chips, thanks to ...

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 ...

One tactic to deal with LLM-powered vulnerability detection is simple – just speed up the removal of old code. If it's gone, ...

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 ...

The chip that was originally released 37 years ago in 1989 will no longer have kernel support on Linux 7.1, as Phoronix reports. Of course, anyone still hanging onto an i486 can always stick to a long ...