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> 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
by 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.