> It's a pity since the long-term support of that distro would make it a perfect match for that use-case where I want the computer to "just work" without any bl

> It's a pity since the long-term support of that distro would make it a perfect match for that use-case where I want the computer to "just work" without any bleeding-edge stuff I don't see what your point is... the switch to x86-64-v2 was made in RHEL 9, released on 2022-05-17. But RHEL 8 based distros are supported until 2029. Plenty of time before this switch is something you absolutely have to do. Also, RHEL is almost exclusively used on servers and high-end workstations, which are never using hardware older than x86-64-v2. CPUs made before 2009 are almost never used in datacenters, except servers that are sentimental (like hobbyist colocation in a university datacenter) See https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/01/05/building-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-for-the-x86-64-v2-microarchitecture-level https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/01/05/building-red-h...