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

On 23/06/2025 17:43, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

(In my 50-year career, I can count the number of times I've used
floating point on the fingers of one hand.  Yes, I do have an
integer square root algorithm...)

In system programming I cannot recall ever using it bar once using a DSP coprocessor on a 6809 to do maths for fast interpolation on a digital oscilloscope
But at application level for instrumenation all the time.
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