Message-ID: <6859df87@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <1031ot5$36t1$1@dont-email.me> <1031uio$4o2c$1@dont-email.me> <103bonb$1aila$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 24 Jun 2025 09:13:11 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 10 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:69058 Robert Heller wrote: > I don't know if the software floating point code is still in the kernel, so > likely at least a '486 might be needed for "modern" kernels. It still supports 486SX CPUs without floating point, but not earlier x86. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#