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

On 6/23/25 3:42 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:43:35 GMT, 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...)

 Different strokes.  I can count the number of times I've used fixed point
on the fingers of one hand.
 

   Where ever possible I multiply floats by ten or a hundred
   or a thousand and then use integer math. Too much exposure
   to micro-controllers with almost no math abilities I guess.
   Even 64-bit integer ops are much faster than implementing
   FP algos on old stupid chips.