Sujet : Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?
De : heller (at) *nospam* deepsoft.com (Robert Heller)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 23. Jun 2025, 15:35:24
Autres entêtes
Organisation : Deepwoods Software
Message-ID : <103bonb$1aila$1@dont-email.me>
References : 1 2 3 4
User-Agent : TkNews 3.0 (1.2.20)
At Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:38:16 +1000 Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <
phaywood@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
Groovy hepcat c186282 was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Fri, 20 Jun
2025 03:06 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.
At Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:37:07 +0200 "Matthew Camilleri"
<bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com> wrote:
What old Linux distro would be cool to run on this thing?
[Snippitty doo-dah.]
Original IBM-PCs ... ummmmmm ...... probably better
with 386's on up.
Yes, indeed; especially since Linux has never run at all on lower than
a 386. It was originally designed for that very architecture.
I don't know if the software floating point code is still in the kernel, so
likely at least a '486 might be needed for "modern" kernels. The original
'386 lacked a FP unit, although some '386 motherboards included a '387 (FP
unit).
-- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Serviceshttp://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Servicesheller@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services
What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?
Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?
