Linux drops support for 486 and early Pentium processors - 20 years after Microsoft

ronjor · May 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM

Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor May 8, 2025

RIP, 486 processor. You've had a long run since Intel released you back in 1989. While Microsoft stopped supporting you with the release of Windows XP in 2001, Linux kept you alive and well for another 20+ years. But all good things must come to an end, and with the forthcoming release of the Linux 6.15 kernel, the 486 and the first Pentium processors will be sunsetted.
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