The practical impact of the end of 486 support will be negligible; the number of modern Linux distributions that use the kernel’s 486 support is negligible.

Although everyone’s favorite Linux overlord [Linus Torvalds] has been musing on dropping Intel 486 support for a while now, ...

The Intel i486, originally released in 1989, will no longer have kernel support on Linux 7.1, as Phoronix reports. Of course, anyone still hanging onto an i486 can always stick to a long-term support ...

It's taken nearly a full version number to get the pieces in order, but the long-awaited end of 486 chip support in the Linux ...

Intel announced Friday that it is stopping support for Clear Linux OS, bringing an end to the decade-old distribution. Clear Linux appealed mostly to developers and other pros. It was optimized for ...

Intel is once again investing in Linux development. The company has recently posted several job openings aimed at strengthening its Linux graphics driver and GPU software teams, signaling continued ...

It hasn't been a fun past few months for Intel employees as the company continues to fire large swaths of its workforce. The job cuts run quite deep, so much that they're starting to affect the ...

Two new open source silicon groups, one led by the Linux Foundation and the other by Intel, launched this week. The Linux Foundation on Monday announced its new CHIPS (Common Hardware for Interfaces, ...

Valve has developed its own Intel Vulkan GPU graphics driver for Linux that they intend to open-source. The Vulkan API is still being argued about and will not be finalised until later this year, but ...

That’s right: The secret to saving this laptop, and maybe yours too, is Linux.