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I would expect that Fedora has done the same as rhel. I am certain that Intel Clear Linux requires at least v2. "Clear Linux OS supports 2nd generation Intel
by chasil 3y ago
I would expect that Fedora has done the same as rhel.
I am certain that Intel Clear Linux requires at least v2.
"Clear Linux OS supports 2nd generation Intel Core (Sandy Bridge) CPUs and later, Xeon E3 and later, and Silvermont-based Intel Atom C2000 and E3800 processors... Minimum system requirements are SSE4 and CLMUL (carry-less multiplication), as well as UEFI."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Linux_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Linux_OS
This will probably creep into more distros. I know that rhel8 clones are supported until 2028; that will probably be the time to retire my own Core 2 Duos/Quads.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoYeah, I would expect Fedora to be more aggressive about it than RHEL. IIRC SUSE was also talking about doing something similar. And sure, it's likely to be more common with time, but I expect some of the major distros to hold out for quite a long time - Debian and Slackware, in particular - but even if the big players all start requiring newer hardware there will be a long tail of distros like puppy linux to support old machines so long as the kernel and core software keep working.