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bear
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Puckdropper
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:06 pm |
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Sorta? I have it on an old iBook. I think the MintPPC distro is no longer developed, though. |
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bear
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Using Mint 17.3 Rosa Cinnamon 2.8.8 on one and Xfce on one. Thinking of finding something for my IBM 486 DX-100. I got a Canon LBP2900 USB working on Mint  and over network even from an Ipad |
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bear
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:04 pm |
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My mother 86 had a lot of trouble with windows so I put Linux Mint on her machine instead and she ha no probs |
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T-R-A
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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Location: Western NC
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Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:45 am |
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| Thinking of finding something for my IBM 486 DX-100. |
Stick with Puppy or DSL. Newer distros have to be heavily modified to work with hardware that old (and most GUI's really drag them down)
FWIW, I've got Mint on a machine but haven't really used it since I installed it.... |
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bear
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T-R-A
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Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:54 pm |
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Hope you don't expect a GUI with those....
I'd strongly recommend you stick with puppy if you're wanting an environment similar to Windows. |
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bear
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Sat Mar 02, 2019 6:47 am |
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But isn't ubuntu behind in puppy ? and their kernel does not support 486 no more ?
Well with older kernel it will
https://puppylinux.org/.../Long-Term-Supported%20Puppy.htm
The kernel version of the standard release is 3.9.11 (PAE, i686) while an older kernel 3.2.48 (i486, no PAE ) is used with the retro release.
Otherwise I am learning more of the terminal side of linux so the GUI does not have to be that grand. |
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harshbarj
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I have used mint starting with mint 14 I believe. Still use it today on my main laptop. Mint would demand FAR too much from a 486. Even the Xfce likely will be far too much. Given the lack of instruction sets, even puppy linux may have problems. Tiny Core is an option that works on very old computers and is just 15MB. |
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