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

On 23/06/2025 01:38, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood 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.
 

IIRC the only couple of Unices that ran on a 286 were Xenix and Venix
But ports to 386 were many and various.
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