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I was always under the impression that Linux 386 simply meant 32 bit support. So, no 386 support would mean no 32 bit support rather than the 386 specifically.
by pan69 6y ago
I was always under the impression that Linux 386 simply meant 32 bit support. So, no 386 support would mean no 32 bit support rather than the 386 specifically.
- Symbiote 6y agoNo, that's x86. They dropped 386 support, but a 486 still works.
- II2II 6y agoI have seen i386 being used in a couple of contexts. For example, Debian uses it to refer to the 32-bit port[1]. It also seemed to be used when various Linux distributions built Pentium optimized packages when that became a thing. In that case 386 would be used for earlier 32-bit processors and 686 would be used for later 32-bit processors. So the nomenclature is not always clear. [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/