On 11/28/05, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/28/05, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm already downloading the latest
> > Slackware (v10.2) as it is the only distro I found so
> > far that claims it stills works for pre-Pentium
> > processors.
>
>
> <shameless plug>Debian will also work on that machine</shameless plug>
>
> As long as the distro won't have Pentium(i586) or Pentium-Pro and up
> (i686) optimizations in their kernels and C libraries you could use
> that distro.

... and Slackware has been known to be targeted to generic i386 from
the kernel downwards, except probably for certain packages (in
particular the Dropline/GNOME stuff, IIRC-- correct me if I'm wrong.)

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