Nicht BurningTurtle@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agoAre there any distros that could run on a pentium 2?message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareAre there any distros that could run on a pentium 2?Nicht BurningTurtle@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-23 months agoThe Linux kernel works fine. How much ram do you have? I personally would build a custom image with buildroot. Other option is Debian
minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoI think that’s going to be more of a limitation than your CPU. Any chance of getting 256+ MB of ram?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoBuildroot as that is to small for anything else. However, it can run small programs like vi and nano. You probably could even run neofetch.
The Linux kernel works fine. How much ram do you have? I personally would build a custom image with buildroot.
Other option is Debian
The option is Debian.
32MB
I think that’s going to be more of a limitation than your CPU. Any chance of getting 256+ MB of ram?
Buildroot as that is to small for anything else. However, it can run small programs like vi and nano. You probably could even run neofetch.