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Re: [News] A Look at Debian GNU/Linux on Ancient Box (120Mhz)

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____/ Homer on Tuesday 26 Jan 2010 21:34 : \____

> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>> I first put debian onto a 486 machine...
> 
> I've used Red Hat Linux on a 50MHz Amiga:
> 
> http://web.archive.org/web/19990203004815/http://www.schatztruhe.de/softe/linux.html
> http://web.archive.org/web/19990428140154/www.schatztruhe.de/files/linux_sysreq.html
> 
> Although it'd work on any 68020/30 Amiga, down to 12MHz, provided an MMU
> was available, either internally on the CPU or as an external unit.
> 
> Can't say how good it'd be at 12MHz, but at 50MHz it ran just fine.

This cannot be done even with the light version of XP (scarcely used,
just for blocking GNU/Linux "infestations" as Microsoft calls them
in internal mail (HotComp/EDGI)). 

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