alt Hacker NewsThis isn't really accurate, lots of commercial software is now compiled for newer x86 64 extensions.
If you're using OSS it doesn't really matter as you can compile it for whatever you want.
This isn't really accurate, lots of commercial software is now compiled for newer x86 64 extensions.
If you're using OSS it doesn't really matter as you can compile it for whatever you want.
No, you really can’t. For some OSS, on hardware that has an OS supported by that software, with a compiler that supports that target and the options you want, and in some cases where the OSS has been written to support those options, you can compile it. Otherwise you are just out of luck.