Linus Torvalds sees “zero real reason for anybody to waste one second” on them.

I didn’t know whether to mark this NSFW or not but it’s time to buy a new computer if you haven’t upgraded in multiple decades.

  • HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com
    5·
    4 hours ago

    I think older versions of the kernel (that support 486 hw) would still be available to download so someone could use them if they wanted. Not sure what other extre work would be involved though.

    • communism@lemmy.ml
      2·
      4 hours ago

      The issue is that older kernel versions will lose support and stop getting security updates eventually. I don’t know if there is enough of a community around old CPUs for fixes to be backported by the community.

      • spv@lemmy.spv.sh
        101·
        4 hours ago

        i love backwards compatibility as much as the next guy, but at some point, if there isn’t enough of a community to backport fixes, there probably aren’t many using them. if a tree falls in the forest, you get the idea.

      • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        21·
        3 hours ago

        You wouldn’t want to keep such old equipment connected to a network anyway. That’s only inviting trouble down the line.