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

This isnt my main machine, I have another computer that I use as my main PC.
I wanted a distro that matches its "era", I should have probably made that
clear in my first post.
"Robert Heller" <heller@deepsoft.com> wrote in message
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Why old Linux distro? Any modern Linux should run. While *most* modern Linux
distros don't provide 32-bit install images, all of the 32-bit libraries and
kernels are in fact available and maintained (people commonly set up 32-bit
VMs for various purposes). You might have to manually create an installer
image, but I don't believe that is partitularly difficult.

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.

Note: depending on how much memory and/or diskspace, you might have issues
with some GUI desktops.  You might stick to a lightweight desktop like xfc4
and avoid the heavyweight desktops like gnome or kde.

At Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:37:07 +0200 "Matthew Camilleri"
<bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com> wrote:

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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 or
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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