[Gllug] Wide eyed and innosent new members 21/10/02

Vincent AE Scott gllug at codex.net
Wed Oct 23 11:01:24 UTC 2002


Chris Ball(chris at void.printf.net)@Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 01:59:23AM +0100:
> >> On 2002-10-13 00:11:34 +0100, Pete Ryland <pdr at pdr.cx> said:
> 
>    >> we have a 486 computer is that OK.
> 
>    > a 486 is fine.  some more recent flashy graphical programs may
>    > not work so well though, but none of those is necessary.
> 
> I have it in my head that both Red Hat and Mandrake have stopped support
> for sub-i586.  If this is confirmed (anyone?), whoever runs the install
> might want to make sure they have a Debian CD set to hand, etc.

MDK was always pentium or better.  it might run on a 486 or lesser, but
dont be surprised if it doesnt.

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