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Linux 7.1 is finally ending support for Intel's 37-year-old 486 processor

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Linux 7.1 is finally ending support for Intel's 37-year-old 486 processor
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Linux is well-known for supporting old hardware. If you have an aging PC and want to install an operating system on it that's still supported by its creators, there's a very good chance you can squeeze a modern-day Linux distro on it, and it'll run just fine. However, it seems that there is a limit to what the Linux community deems appropriate to continue supporting.

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