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Proposal to remove 486 and early 586 support from Linux (lore.kernel.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/linux
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's literally not worth the electricity to keep computers that old running. You could replace one with a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero or maybe even a $2 microcontroller and recoup the cost in lower power bills within a month or so.