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Talinx on May 10, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 y...

Well, actually... The LTS kernel with longest support before 6.15 is 6.1. It will be supported until December 2027 [1] which is a few months over 20 years after the last 486 CPU [2].

[1] https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20061009060120/http://developer.... as linked in the Ars Technica article

volemo on May 10, 2025 [–]

Cool, we’ll be able to say “Linux supports hardware for over two decades after it’s stopped being shipped”!

Thanks for the info, btw. (:

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