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[Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney <alchemist AT darkcanvas.com>]

On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 17:17, David Wagoner wrote:
> Is it still true that I can run Linux (e.g. latest
> Mandrake or Red Hat) on an old 486 machine, say with
> 64 MB RAM?  I know this was the case not too long ago.

Red Hat should be OK, Mandrake has been optimized for Pentium and above
processors for a long time. 

> So my old 486 processor won't cut it?!  Anyone tested
> this?

Not I. But since Mandrake is built for Pentium and above, it asks your
486 processor to do things it can't. 

Red Hat is reported to work, although text mode install might be wise.
Debian will work like a champ. SuSE should too, AFAIK.

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