Linux is renowned for supporting incredibly ancient hardware, but there are limits to even what Linux developers can support. Phoronix reports that Linux developers are finally proposing removing ...

Intel’s i486 was the first “computer number” I ever really understood. Sure, my elementary school computer lab had both the Apple IIGS and Apple IIc, and one of them was slightly more useful, for ...

If you're running Linux on 30-plus year old hardware, lend me your ears: in recent weeks the Linux kernel has been updated to no longer support Intel 486 and 586 processors. Here's why it's happening, ...

International Business Machines Corp. on Tuesday introduced its most powerful personal computers, which are based on Intel Corp.`s i486 microprocessor chip. The announcement came after IBM in October ...