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Linux Monday: Pushing the envelope on old gear
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| Old computers are less than a dime a dozen—-literally. I pick them up for
| free, either through a wonderful group called Freecycle or literally off the
| street. I live in a college town and at moving time, that old desktop from
| freshman year isn't worth packing. So some local geek like me comes along and
| turns it into a Linux box. (I have yet to have achieve my dream of someone
| actually paying me to take one away.) Or, if it's really old, I strip it for
| the usable parts.
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| [...]
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| There's a few specialty Linux distributions geared toward low-low end
| machines. Puppy Linux, for example, will run on a 166MHz processor and 128MB
| of memory. Damn Small Linux takes that even lower--a 486 processor and 8 MB
| of RAM. Given the lower specs, and the fact that I preferred the mild
| profanity name to the cutesy name, I started with DSL. The download was also
| damn small, a mere 50 meg. I though for a moment I'd lost my connection, but
| no, it was done.
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http://jdeeth.blogspot.com/2009/02/software-as-subversive-activity-part-12.html
Related:
A first look at DeLi Linux 0.7.2, a distribution for very old computers
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| The installed Firefox version performed rather well on my ancient
| laptop, much better than expected. It is recommended that your
| machine have at least 32 MB RAM before attempting to use it.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070521#feature
DeLi Linux 0.7.2 [Released]
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| DeLi Linux 0.7.2 is out... DeLi Linux stands for "Desktop Light" Linux.
| It is a Linux Distribution for old computers, from 486 to Pentium II or so.
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http://delili.lens.hl-users.com/
Review of Damn Small Linux 3.2
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| Under the hood, DSL features the 2.4.26 kernel compiled with SMP support.
| The system had no trouble recognizing the hardware on our test laptop
| and booted to the desktop in around 30 seconds. DSL is committed to
| remaining useable on older hardware. In fact the minimum system
| requirements for this distro are just a 486DX with 16MB of Ram.
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http://www.openaddict.com/review_of_dsl_3_2.html
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