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Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

Are there any distros that could run on a pentium 2?

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Are there any distros that could run on a pentium 2?

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Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

Edit: I am trying to put linux on a compaq armada 1700.

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@nichtburningturtle The Pentium II is 32-bit and possesses an MMU, so provided you have adequate memory, pretty much any 32-bit distro such as puppy linux or antix should work fine. Newer Ubuntu which is now 64-bit only will not.

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