distro for 486
Howdi im lookin for a distro for my 486, i am currently running windows 95 and i want to try something else.Could anyone recommend a distro for me, im new to linux and everything so i need one with a graphical interface.
Also i need a distro or something that i can boot from a floppy just to use a text program. Any help would be greatly appreciated |
distro for 486
Try puppy it run off a mini cd. about 168 Meg.
have fun:) |
LXer linked to a very good review of Absolute Linux today.
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i cant boot from cd, what do you mean rickh????
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Regardless, does this computer get online? If so, I'd do a Debian Etch Xfce Floppy/Network install. If you don't have high speed, forget it. Basically, you boot the kernel image off a couple of floppies, then if it recognizes your network connection, you download the rest of the OS. It took my PC on a 3mb connection, about an hour to do a network install. Any limitations that computer has with Linux, will likely be memory related. IGF |
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Vector Linux
http://www.vectorlinux.com/ DSL http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ Puppy Linux http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=3 Slackware http://www.slackware.com/ BeaFanatIX http://bea.cabarel.com/ Elive: http://www.elivecd.org/ Luit Linux http://luitlinux.sarovar.org/ you also might want to take a look at these links: http://pendrivelinux.com/ http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Floppy/ |
Absolute is a nice distribution, rickh, but it says it requires a 586.
Deli Linux still says it will run on a 486. |
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