“I'm not sentimental. Good riddance.”

— Linus Torvalds

Linux Nukes 386 Support - Slashdot, Torvalds, Linus, 2012-12-12, 2013-08-10 http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/12/12/1414238/linux-nukes-386-support, <br class="br">2010s, 2012

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