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Are there any distros that could run on a pentium 2? (feddit.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: I am trying to put linux on a compaq armada 1700.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure AntiX would work on this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I compiled a minimal custom Buildroot once for a Pentium II to do some backups with USB support. Kerbel 5.17.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@nichtburningturtle DSL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Hasn't that been unmaintained for years? Puppy is the spiritual successor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was updated this year. They moved on from the mini-CD limit (50MB?) to a regular CD (700MB). Spiritual successor, newer target.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Try this: DSL Linux

[–] LeFantome 1 points 2 months ago

https://www.adelielinux.org/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

i didnt see anyone mentioning puppy linux, its an option.

you might even be able to run a twm or openbox style GUI if you have enough ram.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I run puppy Linux 4.20 on a p3 laptop with 192 mb of ram. It's fine. It feels as heavy as windows me. A p2 with 32 mb of ram might be a bit tough.

[–] xrun_detected 1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

gentoo. i'm not even gonna look this up but i'd be surprised if immolo hasn't installed in that platform yet ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I wonder if there's a Gentoo binpkg host for i486 specifically, since it might almost be practical then. (Or you could set up your own.)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (6 children)

@nichtburningturtle I run Arch Linux on a Pentium 2 E5300 and with some system tweaks like using Dwm/St, less than 1000 packages and args on some software it run smoothly.

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