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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

Want to save your old computer? Try one of these 8 Linux distros for free

With these eight lightweight Linux distributions that can help give old computers new life, you can save some money and the environment by keeping hardware around that cannot run the most modern ... read more

Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux

Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that first appeared in MS-DOS 5.0 back in 1991. The new open source tool, built ... read more

Linux takes 4.76 days to boot on an ancient Intel 4004 CPU — CPU precedes the OS by 20 years - MSN

Linux takes 4.76 days to boot on an ancient Intel 4004 CPU ... and runs commands on an Intel 4004-powered PC running Linux. ... and lack of modern features, means that Linux never ... read more

Linux 3.8 will drop support for Intel 386 chips - PCWorld

While removing 386 support will make life easier, it also means that starting with Linux 3.8, very old hardware will no longer be able to run modern versions of Linux. 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

Home router warning: They're riddled with known flaws and run ancient, unpatched Linux - ZDNET

Best Linux VPNs of 2025; ... They're riddled with known flaws and run ancient, unpatched Linux ... It also found a Linksys WRT54GL router running on Linux kernel version 2.4.20, ... read more