> Linux is *supposed* to run on older machines. Any '386 or later > should do the job. If it doesn't, many people would consider that > a bug. Is it? While the kernel itself hasn't expanded significantly in the past 5 years, everything else (the GNU part...) has bloated mightily. You can just run an old distribution, but then you're open to a raft of security holes. A lightweight but up-to-date distribution is an area sorely lacking. Closest I've seen is uwoody: http://people.debian.org/~andersee/dists/ Its an okay base to work on, but there's not much precompiled. You're expected to to grab source debs and build your own stuff... Which you don't want to be doing on a 486. So you'll want to run a copy chrooted on a faster system... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050402/30edbde1/attachment.pgp