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Modern Linux Runs On Ancient Toshiba - Hackaday

65 thoughts on “ Modern Linux Runs On Ancient Toshiba ” John Klos says: August 23, 2019 at 10:36 pm People run new OSes on old x86 all the time. Pentiums aren’t even all that old. That you ... read more

Running Modern Linux From A Single Floppy Disk - Hackaday

There was a time when booting Linux from a floppy disk was the norm, but of course, those days are long gone. Even if you still had a working 3.5 inch drive, surely the size of the modern kernel al… ... read more

Linux takes close to five days to load on this ancient CPU from 1971 - TweakTown

The 4-bit Intel 4004 from 1971 predates the modern PC and the x86 CPU, but that doesn't mean it can be used to run Linux... very, very slowly. read more