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

Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> writes:

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.

386 support was removed in 2012 or so. 486 support has only just been
removed this year:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250425084216.3913608-1-mingo@kernel.org/

TBH that’s more recent than I expected.

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