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Are modern Linux distros really that hard to get running on older systems? What'd be the main issues? I don't really get the complain of TFA: IIUC it's not tha
by TacticalCoder 3y ago
Are modern Linux distros really that hard to get running on older systems? What'd be the main issues?
I don't really get the complain of TFA: IIUC it's not that Linux, the kernel, doesn't support 15 years+ old hardware but that some software that used to be shipped aren't shipped anymore by default, and so the only way to get these running is to compile them from source, which is not always possible due to missing repositories?
I still have my 386 and 486 somewhere: can't I install, say, a modern Debian on these?
> Most of these versions can no longer be found anywhere on the Internet. If you did not have the foresight to save them, you no longer have access to them. As far as you are concerned, they are gone forever.
Darn... I threw a lot of these away recently (old CDs with early Linux ISOs). Even much older stuff. Are these really gone forever? There has to be some data hoarders keeping them no? I'll be careful if I find older CDs: I may rip them and store them on a BluRay for another 50 years (not kidding).
- adastra22 3y ago> I still have my 386 and 486 somewhere: can't I install, say, a modern Debian on these? Unlikely. Note that while Debian has a "i386" distribution, it actually targets at least a Pentium Pro. The 32-bit Intel architecture release ought to be labeled i586, but that ship has sailed. I'm sure Gentoo would run though.
- AHTERIX5000 3y agoDebian at least offers old ISOs: https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/ https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/
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- badsectoracula 3y ago> I still have my 386 and 486 somewhere: can't I install, say, a modern Debian on these? AFAIK Debian doesn't support 486, but Gentoo does have a i486 variant specifically for CPUs before the Pentium Pro[0] [0] https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/#x86 https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/#x86.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago> I still have my 386 and 486 somewhere: can't I install, say, a modern Debian on these? As others already said - no. And even if you find the one what would install... 5 years ago I installed Centos8 on x301. Despite having an SSD (I replaced it while 1.8" were still sold) it's completely unusable in Gnome. Yet it run fine under Windows 10. So... > Even much older stuff. Are these really gone forever? Quick search usually yields the results if the CD/ISOs are still available. Otherwise you can check archive.org, r/datahoarders https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X301 https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X301
- mpol 3y agoGnome is very much using the GPU for rendering its GUI. They chose a tradeoff to work well on new systems. But using something like Windowmaker, Icewm, Blackbox, Openbox should be fine. Xfce, Lxde and other lighter desktops might work too. Also, there is still Enlightenment 16 and also e17.
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago> Darn... I threw a lot of these away recently (old CDs with early Linux ISOs). Even much older stuff. Are these really gone forever? No, that quote is just false.
- throw7 3y agoWell, RHEL9 minimum is the x86-64-v2 "microarchitecture". I guess the reasoning is more a business case for supporting a baseline for isv's.