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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sounds fair. Linux and all BSDs ditched 386 support 15-20 years ago, it’s long been 486s turn.

Anyone who needs to still run ancient hardware can run an outdated version for their niche use case.

[–] eth0slash0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I feel like if you're running a 486 on purpose, you're not one for a bleeding edge kernel.