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Old 01-25-2002, 06:20 PM   #1
Dr_G
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which distro' for a slow 486?

i've got a SLOW 486 at home
(it's a 486SLC2)
with 8Mb of Ram and ~120Mb of HDD space
and a Mitsumi 2x CD drive.

what's the best version of linux to use with it?
(or should i trash it?)
 
Old 01-25-2002, 06:34 PM   #2
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you can try a older version of one of the main distro's... or a smaller linux distro of linux like peanut.. but i wouldn't recommend putting X on there.. wouldn't be worth it.

or if you do trash it, just send it to me.. turn into a router or something..
 
  


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