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Linus Torvalds suggests the 80486 arch belongs in a museum, not the Linux kernel

5 pointsby ppjimover 2 years ago

3 comments

midislackover 2 years ago
Can&#x27;t run Rust on a 486.<p>This is more an issue with the toolchain than anything else though. Other distributions are hitting the same wall, in OpenBSD, for example.
floxyover 2 years ago
Apparently you can still buy 80486 chips:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;octopart.com&#x2F;search?q=80486&amp;currency=USD&amp;specs=0&amp;category_id=4215" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;octopart.com&#x2F;search?q=80486&amp;currency=USD&amp;specs=0&amp;cat...</a>
detaroover 2 years ago
previously: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33308369" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33308369</a>