In the context of Linux kernel not supporting i486 processor anymore, I am getting curious.

I’ve seen my share of obsolete system, including these “Green screen” computer connected to a plotter drawing on graph paper. and a shit load of “Windows XP” still used in production. So I get the whole never change a working system.

However, Why would you want to run a modern kernel on this legacy hardware

  • cowfodder@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Absolutely. The machines I work on the most are XP embedded, but I’ve heard rumors that there are Linux based systems coming down the line.

    I’m pretty sure there’s a Bridgeport conversation from back in the day that used a 486 PC running sysunix and an embedded controller card, but I could be mistaken.