No, that is true and a fair call. Saying that, the first machine I tried (and failed) to install Slackware 1 on was I think a 486 with 8MB of RAM, and I am not

No, that is true and a fair call. Saying that, the first machine I tried (and failed) to install Slackware 1 on was I think a 486 with 8MB of RAM, and I am not sure 21st century Linux will fit on that...