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Intel Pentium not supported in Debian stretch??? That's really bad. There are people still using that, especially in academic environment.
by pksadiq 10y ago
Intel Pentium not supported in Debian stretch???
That's really bad. There are people still using that, especially in academic environment.
- unlinker 10y agoI guess they mean the original Pentium. Is that still actively used?
- pksadiq 10y agoHm... I thought it was about the Intel Pentium series.
- hbogert 10y agoIt is, the original one, the Pentium (translates roughly to '5') which actually gave a symbolical name to the _5_86 The name Pentium is now used for relatively cheap CPUs, these CPUs will remain functional, as they are not 586. The following wiki page calls it "P5"-based CPUs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_microprocessors#P6_based_Pentiums https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_micropro...
- creshal 10y agoThe first 686 CPU was the Pentium Pro, which despite the name was a full redesign. The earliest consumer variant would be the Pentium II.