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If you are new into Linux, I highly suggest Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
Otherwise I'd have installed Arch
wouldnt ubuntu and mint be too heavy on a P1?
Arch is a good choice. but for someone new to linux, install puppy linux or damn small linux(but the initial functionality will be limited with these two!). for more functionality, you can opt for crunchbag or fluxubuntu or any distro with a lightweight desktop manager.
i tried ti install both arch as well as ubuntu . Arch didn't workout it was for i686 machines. with ubuntu (the server version) apparently the kernel doesn't support the older P1 processor. will give DSL a try in a couple of days..
Wow.. a P1 really?
Are those still around?
Have you considered installing Win 98 or something on it? Or else you would have to find a Really old Linux to be installed on it. Maybe you can try old digit DVD's for those!
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my first pc was a pentium 1 .. 100 Mhz ... 8MB RAM ... i think in 1999 ... after 1 year i upgraded it to 16mb RAM .... that was the fastest PC in town ...
who said 256 here? dont think my board supported beyond 64mb
I think i ran DOS and windows 3.1 on it ...
... FOXPRO ... C ... lotus123 .... hmmm...
my first pc was a pentium 1 .. 100 Mhz ... 8MB RAM ... i think in 1999 ... after 1 year i upgraded it to 16mb RAM .... that was the fastest PC in town ...
who said 256 here? dont think my board supported beyond 64mb
I think i ran DOS and windows 3.1 on it ...
... FOXPRO ... C ... lotus123 .... hmmm...
forgot to mention ... 1.1 GB HDD
IIRC, i got my 1st PC in 2002 and it was P3 with 256 MB RAM with 20 GB HDD. Was P1 the rampant norm in 1999?
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Disagree with Ico.. on "Pen 4 being FAIL" issue!
I think they were The best of their times. Still using Pen 4, and it reasonably works. Even runs Win 7 after a little tweak!
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Compared to higher clocked Athlon 64, even Pentium 4 Extreme Edition used to fall short. And I have not even mentioned Athlon 64 FX. A 2.0 Ghz Athlon 64 used to outperform Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz. P4 mainly sold because idiots didn't know what to buy and got fooled by the Ghz myth. Intel exploited that to the core.
Problem with all old PCs (i got a p3 and p4) is the lack of support for SATA hard drives. Brand new IDEs are almost extinct from the market and you have to rely on refurbished ones which are not value for money
Anyone got a working 486?. I wish I could get one and install DOS on it and play old games the way they were meant to instead of running DOSBOX. Any ideas where to find one?
I have a Via C3 machine, still working with windows XP heh heh
64 MB RAM
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