On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 21:12:41 -0800 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 20:16:46 -0500 > gnerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm with you, Hoyt, re: the 486 version of Mandrake. There's still a > > lot of legacy hardware out there that could use the Mandrake "ease of > > use" touch with optimized performance. They'd probably have to ditch X > > and go with some kind of SVGA solution (or maybe port one of the PDA > > Xes), but IMO it would be worthwhile. > > > > I agree with the need for a 486 Mandrake. (I ahd to reinstall windbloze > to my Libretto because I can't get a version of Linux that installs to it > any more (hdd crash)) However shouldn't need to go with a mini X, after > all 3.x X was running back in the days (not so long ago either) of RH 5.2 > and Mandrake 6.0. Granted you won't have the latest AGP card driver but, > I've never found an AGP card that worked well from an ISA slot *grin*. > > James > Um...guys? there is a version of Mandrake that came out for the 486. It was released as Mandrake 7.0 about a year or so ago. I'll check my arc's for the postings refering to it, but I think you can find it on the Mandrake download pages as well. Unless, of course I'm totally full of it, which "has" been know to happen now and then. -- daRcmaTTeR --------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Linux User 182496 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:05pm up 5 days, 13:41, 3 users, load average: 0.24, 0.39, 0.28
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