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 is now available with removal of i486 support, Steam Deck OLED audio fixes, and NTFS improvements, alongside ...
The Intel i486 might be over 30 years old, but it's still an incredible piece of technology. Especially when viewed up close ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...