Although everyone’s favorite Linux overlord [Linus Torvalds] has been musing on dropping Intel 486 support for a while now, it would seem that this time now has finally come. In a Linux patch ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Ever wanted to run Windows XP on old hardware? Well, you might have done a couple of decades ago, when Windows XP was released - but probably not now, ...

It has been revealed that Linux has begun ending support for the Intel 486 processor, which was released in 1989. Linux developer Linus Torvalds said, 'There is no reason to waste a single second on ...

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 13: The Intel 486 microprocessor (left) was introduced in 1989 and marked a significant improvement in the processing capacity of computers over that of the previous Intel 386 ...

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 ...

I've decided to half-assedly document my rebuild of this 486 I've had sitting in my garage for 20 years: A little background - I rescued this machine from an elementary school computer lab round' ...

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, ...