[ale] linux for an old compaq

[Jim Kinney]

http://home.comcast.net/~egkenny/files/Compaq_Presario_1675_Notebook.html

Has a link on redhat 9 set up. ugh!

Because of the age of the cpu, nothing from fedora that's still supported
will work.

But look at very small distros like Tiny Core and Puppy. Tiny Core will run
on a i486 DX but that's the bottom end. The base system came with 64 MB so
it should work.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/welcome.html


On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Damon L. Chesser <damon at damtek.com> wrote:

> Sister-in-law has a compaq Presario 1675.  Anybody know of a *nix that
> will install a gui onto this old box?  Lubuntu and F15 both will not
> (Kernel does not support the hardware from boot up).
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