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Astrotrain 09-26-2004 07:15 PM
AMD AM486 DX2-66 (Windows Compatible)
 
Hey, I got an old Compaq Persario CDS 294, I took out the 486 about a month or two ago and it says 'Windows Compatible' it.. Would I be able to run a Linux distro on it?



its a AM486 DX2-66


Thanks


Astrotrain

Astrotrain 09-26-2004 07:26 PM
Oh and do old distros have things like KDE and GNOME? Thanks.

sether 09-26-2004 07:46 PM
yes, linux can run on 486s. with regard to your second question check out the other thread you started.

maroonbaboon 09-26-2004 08:02 PM
Instead of looking for ancient versions of KDE or Gnome, you would be better off with a modern, lightweight distro. See e.g. review of vectorlinux

http://lwn.net/Articles/32058/

sether 09-26-2004 08:04 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by maroonbaboon
Instead of looking for ancient versions of KDE or Gnome, you would be better off with a modern, lightweight distro. See e.g. review of vectorlinux

http://lwn.net/Articles/32058/
from vectorlinux's website:
Quote:
The minimum hardware requirements to run VectorLinux 4.3 are a 166 MHz Pentium class processor with 32 MB of RAM memory, and just 850 MB of hard disc space (*).
from slackware's website:
Quote:
Slackware Linux doesn't require an extremely powerful system to run (though having one is quite nice :). It will run on systems as far back as the 386. Below is a list of minimum system requirements needed to install and run Slackware.

* 386 processor
* 16MB RAM
* 50 megabytes of hard disk space
* 3.5" floppy drive

maroonbaboon 09-26-2004 08:09 PM
I just about to retract my post, but you beat me to it. Here is an interesting 486 link tho'

http://www.ipt.ntnu.no/~knutb/linux486/linux486.html

darthtux 09-26-2004 08:09 PM
Please don't post the same question more than once.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/rules.php

sether 09-26-2004 08:33 PM
maroonbaboon: nice link :)

Astrotrain: if you want to be adventurous, try out FreeBSD. i know it supports your cpu at least. from the FreeBSD website:
Quote:
All i386-compatible AMD processors are also supported, including the Am486, Am5x86, K5, K6 (and variants), Athlon (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP, Athlon-4, and Athlon Thunderbird), and Duron processors.
and that's for 5.2.1. i didn't check their older versions, and i didn't check out all of the *BSDs. i'm sure there's one that could handle your box even better, so if you're interested in that, do some research into *BSDs.

maroonbaboon 09-26-2004 08:56 PM
The 486 link was a bit old. Here is a report of a Linux desktop on a 486SX 33MHz...

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/486.html


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