/tech/ - Soyence and Technology

also new duke

i agree with him on this. dropping support on any hardware goes against the inherent ideals of free software which is that us commoners should be allowed to use whatever hardware we have freely, without the corpos ordering us around. its about sending a message. i don't think it would be that hard to find a nerd who would be willing to maintain these old cpu's

>There's a proposed change for Linux version 7.1 that, if merged
So, it's only proposed. It might not even happen.

>>29833
You are virtue signalling. The 486 is e-waste and I guarantee that the number of people who actively use Linux on a 486 (other than for a quick neofetch screenshot in pursuit of updoots on r/vintageunix) can be counted on one hand. And it's not like Linux is going to immediately stop working on these computers *if* this patch gets in, these people would be able to use an LTS kernel for the next few years and still receive security updates, and after that move to NetBSD, which will retain 486 support for a very long time, if they REALLY don't want to upgrade their 80s shitbox.

>>29836
idk what virtue signaling is, i just hate the jews

>>29836
i use a 486 machine to host an irc server for me and my friends, try again nigger