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Version or distro of linux run in a 486?

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Hi every1, Which version or distro of linux o Unix compatible run in a 486 dx2 50 mhz with 16 mb ram.

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There's a project going on to make Red Hat such a distro: http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/rule/ Existing distributions specialized on older hardware would be Vector Linux and Small Linux: http://ibiblio.org/vectorlinux/ http://www.superant.com/smalllinux/ A lot of the others will work on such a system too, just don't go installing KDE or Gnome.

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