#kernel-cleanup

Open Source Projects

Linux 2026 Spring Cleaning Finally Boots 1991 Kernel Relics

Linux v0.1 from 1991. Still haunting the kernel in 2026. Thomas Gleixner's 'spring cleaning' patch series evicts it with zero mercy.

Open Source Projects

Linux Kernel Axes i486 Support After 35 Years of Limping Along

Imagine firing up a 1989 Intel i486 in 2025—Linux just said no. Kernel devs are purging decades-old baggage, freeing resources for tomorrow's silicon.