3 Dec
2005
3 Dec
'05
10:54 a.m.
Allison wrote:
*Why*, ffs? Why do people insist on using ancient copies of Linux on
old hardware? There is *no difference in speed* between old and new
kernels. In some cases newer ones are faster on the same old hardware.
Stick 10.2 on there with a fairly minimal install. Everything is
compiled for i386 or i486, so no worries on that score.
Gordon.
Subject: Re:
OT: "Best" Linux Distro?
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:46:04 -0800
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Others have observed the bloat in Linux and I agree. I started running it
on an 8MB 386 and it was pretty snappy. I don't think that feat could be
reproduced with any of the current distros.
Cheers,
Chuck
Same here. There are a few that barely run on anything less than p-III
class hardware.
Since I have an abundance of older 486class stuff I use Freebsd 2.2.6
and a 7 year old copy of Slackware or Caldera OpenlinuxV2.3 when I
want a linux box.