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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> Is anyone still using a 486 with BL?

Yes, me.  I still have two 486 laptops that I use
regularly.  Last week I used one of them to do a
MagicPoint presentation to the City Council.

> Perhaps BL should split into a desktop branch suitable 
> for 200MHz cpu and  64MB RAM, and a laptop/floppy disk 
> branch, with different kernels and libraries.  

That's not going to happen.  BasicLinux will remain
focussed on the low end.  There are plenty of other
options for the mid-range (eg DSL).

There are still plenty of 386/486 laptops being sold at 
the local auction site.  Which Linux is for them?

> BL4 for desktops with qemu package, etc?

Nope.  Besides, I'm currently running qemu on BL3.
Why do we need a different BL to do that?

Cheers,
Steven