goodnight sweet prince ๐
this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026
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I don't have a 486. I don't know anyone who has a 486. I wouldn't know what to do with a 486. I know full well that all versions before 7.1 will be fully usable forever and that someone would fork the kernel if they actually needed to run modern Linux on a 486.
And still this makes me a little bit sad and angry.
I think the main impact here is that there are plenty of embedded system-on-a-chip sort of things specifically designed for industrial applications not only still out there in the world, but still being actively manufactured that are based on the 486 architecture.
For retro gaming nerds, their 486 machines would all be running some variant of DOS anyway.
How many of those are getting continuously updated to the latest mainline kernel though?
Twelve
I believe you.
I still have a 486-SX 25 in my basement, it was my main Computer in the early 90s and I have fond memories of playing DOS games like Monkey Island 2 and Day of the Tentacle on it.