Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?
Date	2025-06-19 21:18 +0000
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:37:07 +0200, Matthew Camilleri wrote:

> I posted a simmilar question on comp.os.misc, but that was generally for
> what operating systems to install on this old thing (a Pentium III, 385
> or so megabytes of ram, 80 gb harddrive).
> 
> What old Linux distro would be cool to run on this thing?

https://q4os.org/

I put Q4OS on an old Asus eee PC 700 and it works. Don't expect blazing 
performance but it will salvage old hardware. It originally ran Xandros 
Linux, which is long gone. The problem was WPA2 wasn't supported. Q4OS had 
no problem recognizing and using the WiFi chip. 

With a 32-bit Pentium you'll need the Trinity DE. It's a descendant of KDE 
so it has that look which I prefer.

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What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC? "Matthew Camilleri" <bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com> - 2025-06-19 21:37 +0200
  Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-06-19 22:47 +0200
  Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-06-19 21:14 +0000
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        Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-23 18:53 +0100
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    Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC? "Matthew Camilleri" <bunkertoshimatty@gmail.com> - 2025-06-20 16:25 +0200
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