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Will anybody save Linux on Itanium?
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- speed_spread 3y agoIt's not Itanic if it doesn't sink at the end.
- stalfosknight 3y agoWhy should we save anything on Itanium?
- gjsman-1000 3y agoBecause for some reason, Intel still made Itanium chips for the niche of the niche market all the way to 2020. Credit to Intel I suppose - even when the platform died early, they didn’t leave the few people who bought in high and dry. But even then, why would you care when Linux 6.1 from December 2022 is a SLTS release (Super LTS), with support until 2033…
- seeknotfind 3y agoGiven we have old binaries on old Linux installs on QEMU, couldn't say myself. It's nice to run old hardware, but at a certain point it's not power efficient anyway. Securely running things on the old hardware is about the only thing I can think.
- flyinghamster 3y agoI can't help but wonder how long it will be before we can emulate Itanium faster than the real hardware?
- Denvercoder9 3y agoThis subject was previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38287095 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38287095
- tmdyn 3y agobugsbunnyno.jpg I like using unloved old hardware and all, but there are better options in 2023