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Linux for older hardware

Have a PII (Pentium 2 - The ones which typically ran at 233 MHz, about 10% the speed of the about-to be-obseleted hardware) ? Thinking of selling it off for scrap, as “nothing” works on it ? Don’t worry: Install Linux :)

Here is an article which disproves recent claims by the MS spin doctors that Linux is not suited for older hardware. In this article, Joe compares some of the popular, and some not so popular but lightweight distros, and tests their performance on a PII with 64MB RAM.

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