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What hardware does not support Linux? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
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Original question by @ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world

I never really see hardware lacking Linux support mentioned, which got me caught by surprise when a computer with a Broadcom network card couldn’t use the card. What other hardware don’t work with Linux?

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[–] ColonelThirtyTwo@pawb.social 9 points 1 month ago

Depends on what you mean by "hardware". Most microcontrollers can't. There are a bunch of ancient processor architectures that modern Linux doesn't support either, and more esoteric setups that no one has bothered to port Linux to.