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

Matthew Camilleri <bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com> wrote:

I posted a simmilar question on comp.os.misc, but that was generally for
what operating systems to install on this old thing (a Pentium III, 385

so megabytes of ram, 80 gb harddrive).
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What old Linux distro would be cool to run on this thing?

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Current Damn Small Linux or Tiny Core Linux should run fine. The older v4
releases of Damn Small Linux might run faster than the rebooted DSL2024.
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http://www.damnsmalllinux.org
http://www.tinycorelinux.net
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That hardware's not really slow enough that you _need_ to run an old
(ie. based on an out-of-date Linux kernel version) distro, but if
you want to try an old one that could run on a far slower PC with
much less RAM, BasicLinux does that well:
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https://distro.ibiblio.org/baslinux/
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Old software does generally-speaking run better on old hardware,
hence Linux kernel v2.4 on the Pentium 1 PC I'm posting from now.
It can still boot modern Tiny Core Linux though, but feels slower.
Not DSL2024, I think that needs at least i686 since it's based on
current AntiX/Debian.
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