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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Are there any distros that could run on a pentium 2? (feddit.org)

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Edit: I am trying to put linux on a compaq armada 1700.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Debian from 1998.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Debian still supports Pentium IIs. They axed support for the i586 architecture (original Pentium) a few years back, but Debian 12 (current stable, AKA Bookworm) still supports i686 chips like the P2.

Not sure how the rest of the hardware in that Compaq will work.

See: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.en.html