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:linux: Linux Developers want to remove i486 & i586 Pentium CPU Support to unburden Kernel Developers.

Linux is renowned for supporting incredibly ancient hardware, but there are limits to even what Linux developers can support. “Linux developers are finally proposing removing support for ancient i486 and early i586 Pentium CPUs to unburden developers.”

phoronix.com/news/Linux-RFC-Re

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@wolf480pl So yeah, I think that everything has compromises to some extent.

  • I'm shure #OpenBSD could even up their #security if they were willing to break #POSIX and #compatibility in general for their distro, but that'll only introduce more headaches and pain along the way.

I chose #Linux as basis for @OS1337 because it solves the #driver problem for me and I know it. I'm just complete shit with #NetBSD which may arguably be the better option targeting low-end systems, but that'll again result in more pain and frustration getting other #apps ported over when I can't just say: "Target linux-#i486 and statically compile in all your dependencies" to any 3rd party as starting point.

Suite du fil

During the live stream I replaced the part of the large power trace that was still broken…

Dug the old one, like on a road, and super-glued a new one in-place. It's the shiny one passing above L3 on the third photo.

I ended the stream to watch @virtualabs

After the stream I replaced part of another trace on the other side that I forgot had a large hole inside.

Then I cleaned it a lot… and gave it a good wash, it's now hung for drying.

Suite du fil

I was a twenty-year-old college #dropout who had lucked into the job after the department’s director noticed that his temporary secretary (me) was way better at automating repetitive tasks in #Microsoft Office than typing up memos.

So he hired me outright (neglecting to increase my administrative-assistant-level wage 😖) and set me loose helping the engineers with their Sun #Unix workstations and #Intel #i486-based PCs running #Windows for Workgroups. (2/6)

Someone asked me in regards to OS/1337 "why don't you just use mkroot from @landley ?"

landley.net/toybox/downloads/b

And that is a valid question.

To sum it up:
1. #mkroot for #i486 requires 3MiB of storage and thus is not an option for the 1440kB target size of the current, minimalist system.

2. shure I could instead make a #Syslinux #bootFloppy but that feels like cheating...

3. In the end the idea of OS/1337 is to build a #TUI-based #Desktop that can be built to run on everything.

landley.netIndex of /toybox/downloads/binaries/mkroot/latest

Just a quick reminder, I have a GNU/Linux distribution called "PsychOS" for running on older hardware (i686) and will hopefully soon release "PsychOS486" for those with even older hardware (i486DX/i586/i686), as long as you have 32MB of RAM for a console and 64MB for a GUI desktop, but 128MB would be much better. psychoslinux.gitlab.io #GNU #Linux #FOSS #PsychOS #i486 #i586 #i686 #32bit

PsychOSPsychOS486PsychOS486 is a fast but feature-rich GNU/Linux distribution for i486DX/i586/i686 hardware.