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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week 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Anyone who needs to still run ancient hardware can run an outdated version for their niche use case.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 2 points 1 week ago

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