On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Hans Witvliet
Regarding a distro, yiu have to go back a long time. If it were a simple 586, maybe. But a 386 ????
Furthermore, these old beasts often have hardly any memory. below 512MB you have to stick to CLI-only, and below 1GB i'm not sure if you'll get KDE or GNOME workable. More likely that swapper is making over-hours ;-)
Actually, both LightDM and FVWM2 work pretty well with 128M. I used to run them on an old Pentium-Pro, I just kept upgrading the OS, maybe building a kernel or two, and both of those WM were quite usable. The Pro died a while ago, so I'm wondering what life are you expecting form a 386. In any case, 386s have a lot less RAM than that. 512M is Pentium-III stuff. My old 386 has 4MB, and the motherboard's top was not much more, can't remember exactly how much. But I think you'd be hard-pressed to find one with 128M even. You can probably run CLI just fine. LightDM and FVWM2 will run on almost anything too, but usability is another issue. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org