IIRC, SixOS is built for MIPS systems and runs quite well on them with lots of VERY futuristic options (the most impressive he calls “ownerboot”).
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And now that I have made the post I got some search results:
- Routers apparently still use MIPS
- https://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/MIPS-HOWTO-3.html has some MIPS systems you can run Linux on.
If you want to share anything about MIPS though please feel free to comment, I would interest me greatly what the rest of you have to say.
There were two or three MIPS Android tablets long time ag, at the time of Android 5. Now Android does not have MIPS support anymore.
I think the phones at my university are MIPS. VoIP phones.
Edgerouters x use MIPS. Compiled some go code for mips to run on it a few years back.
Some older routers use MIPS architecture.
MIPS is special purpose, unlike something like ARM. You'll find them a lot in carrier-grade comms equipment, electrical, mechanical...etc. They aren't meant for general consumption.