Arrival of Linux 6.15 arrives hails end of 486-class CPUs

Arrival of Linux 6.15 arrives hails end of 486-class CPUs

: Latest kernel includes 14,612 changesets, Penguinistas been busy

Arrival Of Linux 6.15 Arrives Hails End Of 486-class CPUs • The Register - Data Intelligence

Over the holiday weekend, Linus Torvalds released the latest Linux kernel – signalling the end of the line for 486-class chips. Torvalds announced kernel 6.15 on Sunday, after a short last-minute delay. Relative to March’s kernel 6.14 release, there were a lot of code changes in this release, but most of them are not big-bang changes. Linux Weekly News’s analysis said: As we said back at the start of this month, the change that arguably sounds l…