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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made (arstechnica.com)

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I didn’t know whether to mark this NSFW or not but it’s time to buy a new computer if you haven’t upgraded in multiple decades.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Whew. My 586 is safe.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I remember when Mandrake was a young distro -- a redhat derivative -- and they (gasp) chose to compile for i586 instead of i386. People were like VROooooOM! And a bunch of other people were like: why would you target CPU instructions that not everyone has?!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

I switched to Mandrake for that (back in the day).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago

for now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

For now