486's??

[BigFatCow]

i just got a few 486's and like 5 386's i believe...i was wondering if a 486 is fast enought to put linux on, i just want to mess around with it and learn some basics nothing serious..i have redhat linux 7.1.

 

[AgentofEvil]

Personally I don't think it's worth it, but you might as well give it a try. I put Mandrake 7.1 on a p133 and it was slow as hell (worse than win98 on the same box). You could try an older version though.

 

[Soccerman]

sure it's fast enough to run linux.. don't expect much from a GUI though.. if you want to learn linux, the command line is the way to go (you should probably pick up a book to help you along).

 

[Mitzi]

Yeah it'll run a command shell fine, just stay away from the GUIs. I wouldn't try compiling or compressing anything on it either though.

 

[Xenon]

You might wanna try one of those old Intel overdrive processors. You can find them for like 10 bucks on some of the auction sites.