Are there any distros that could run on a pentium 2? Nicht BurningTurtle ( @nichtburningturtle@feddit.org ) Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-21 month ago message-square32fedilinkarrow-up150
arrow-up150message-squareAre there any distros that could run on a pentium 2? Nicht BurningTurtle ( @nichtburningturtle@feddit.org ) Linux@lemmy.ml • edit-21 month ago message-square32fedilink
minus-square Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-21 month agoThe Linux kernel works fine. How much ram do you have? I personally would build a custom image with buildroot. Other option is Debian
minus-square Rimu ( @rimu@piefed.social ) linkfedilink8•1 month agoI think that’s going to be more of a limitation than your CPU. Any chance of getting 256+ MB of ram?
minus-square Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 month agoBuildroot as that is to small for anything else. However, it can run small programs like vi and nano. You probably could even run neofetch.
The Linux kernel works fine. How much ram do you have? I personally would build a custom image with buildroot.
Other option is Debian
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I think that’s going to be more of a limitation than your CPU. Any chance of getting 256+ MB of ram?
Buildroot as that is to small for anything else. However, it can run small programs like vi and nano. You probably could even run neofetch.