Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:14:00 -0000 (UTC), Robert Heller wrote:

I believe there might be 32-bit install images for older releases for
some distros (eg Ubuntu 16.04) and then you could then do successive
release upgrades.

Debian still has a current 32-bit release and is fairly light with xfce.
I'm running 32-bit Bullseye on my work machine. The box could do 64-bit
but I have to build 32-bit legacy software. You can pass a flag to the
compiler but it's a hassle to get 32-bit libraries for Ubuntu or other 64-
bit only releases.