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  1. #101
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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    Compaq Laptop. 400 Mhz K6 CPU, 64 MB of RAM (I later upgraded it to 192), ~4.5 GB Hard Drive, dual boot with windows 98 lmao. It has Debian with Lxde (Openbox). The CD drive's busted now lol so I better not screw it up.
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    p3-500mhz, 384mb RAM, 8gb HD, ran desktopBSD on it for a while, xp install and gave it away.

    Got a 1.2ghz celeron, 512mb RAM, 20GB HD ran ubuntu 6.10 on it for a while along with XP. Formatted, installed Puppy linux on it, still have it.

    Ubuntu 7.10 on a p4-2ghz, 512mb RAM, 120GB HD, formatted, xp installed, gave it away.

    Ubuntu 8.10 on a core duo 1.6ghz laptop, 1.5gb of ram, 200GB HD, intel gma950. Using it now.

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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    Toshiba Libretto 110CT sub-notebook circa 1998

    Pentium 233MMX 64MB Ram 4.3GB HDD

    Xubuntu 7.04 (haven't updated it in a while)
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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    Canon InnovaBook 200LS, 100mhz DX4 386, 8MB RAM, 1.5GB HDD, MuLinux dual boot with Windows 3.1

    Also worth mentioning:
    IBM Personal Computer 300PL, 300mhz PII, 384 MB RAM, 6GB HDD, CrunchBang Linux 8.04
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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    "Beige" PowerMac G3/266MHz Desktop, vintage 1997. It runs Debian like a champ, and Gnome runs (relatively) alright on it.
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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    because of this post I need to see if i still have my 88080 in one piece this could be fun if only i still had my trs-80

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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    I got an old pentium 3 computer with 256 mb. of ram and a 10 gb. hard drive running ubuntu.
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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    I know a guy who uses a 3.5 mb live floppy disk boot on his 16 MB ram computer; some people really need to just take the plunge and get a new pc; I use one with 256 mbs ram ubuntu and its fine

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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    Soon enough I should be installing BasicLinux in a dualboot with MS-DOS 6.22 on a 486 with 8MB RAM.
    2010 IBM Thinkpad 510, 4GB RAM, i5-540M, NVS 3100M

    Running Ubuntu 11.04

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    Re: What's the OLDEST computer you have installed linux on?

    I think it's about 8-9 years old

    Pentium 600 MHz
    384 Mb ram
    10 Gb hdd

    DSL runs perfectly there

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