Which linux distro will work on a 20 year old computer?

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06-26-2009, 07:38 PM	#16
kev717 Member Registered: May 2008 Distribution: Arch, Sabayon, Fedora, Ubuntu Posts: 59 Original Poster Rep:	Well, long story short, I guess Linux won't work on this computer. Upon closer inspection I noticed that it is a 286 processor, and since I don't think there is ANY Linux kernel compiled to run on a 286 architecture, I suppose I'll have to go with something different. ELKS (Embeddable Linux Kernel Subsystem) looks good, and it will fill the purpose, so I'll have to use that I guess.

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