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On 2022-02-07 10:50, William Lee Valentine wrote:
> I am wondering whether a current Debian distribution can be installed
> and run on an older Pentium III computer. (I have Debian 11.2 on a DVD.)
> 
> The computer is
> 
>     Dell Dimension XPS T500: Intel Pentium III processor (Katnai)
>     memory: 756 megabytes, running at 500 megahertz
>     IDE disc drive: 60 gigabytes
>     Debian partition: currently 42 gigabytes
>     Debian 6.0: Squeeze
> 
> If I install Debian 11.2, will it run on this machine? Will it preserve
> the files and directories that I have on Squeeze?

My main worry would be performance if you use GUI applications. I don't 
know what apps you use, but browsers and desktop environments have 
probably gotten real greedy in terms of RAM since Squeeze and <1 GB is a 
very small amount of RAM these days.

> I am not subscribed to this mailing list. I would appreciate advices.

I have BCC'd you but please follow your thread on the archives (or via 
one of the news relays):

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2022/02/threads.html
and
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2022/02/msg00187.html

Bijan

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