which Linux distro would run on a 486 or a pentium 200 (even with MMX)

[David J Patrick]

Simon Tonekham wrote:

> I was just wondering, which linux distro would run on a 486 with 4 to 
> 8MB of RAM with 1GB hard drive or maybe a Pentium 200 (even with MMX 
> technology) with 16MB of RAM and 2GB hard drive.


>  
> What is your suggestion?

try DSL
www.damnsmalllinux.org
It's a live "bootable" linux, that you can try on your creaky old 
hardware without any installation comittment. It uses knoppix as a base 
(great hardware detection) and comes with a suite of lightweight apps, 
is <50 meg (3" CDable) and has been known to run on 486s
If you like it, you can easily install it to the HD and, voila ! Debian 
system

djp
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