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Old 28th May 2012, 02:56 AM
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What is your oldest Linux distro that still runs?

Yesterday I dug up an old laptop I got back in 1998. It's an AMS Tech TravelPro 101CS with some pretty lowly specs (Pentium 166MHz, 16MB RAM). But what I like is that it's got Red Hat Linux 5.2 installed. That's not RHEL 5.2, it's the old Red Hat Linux 5.2 from 1998. And it still works! It can connect to the internet (slowly) and do lots of other useful stuff (running WindowMaker, of course ). I've attached a screenshot below.

What is the oldest Linux distro you have that still runs on a machine that you own? Note that this question is not the same as asking about what your oldest machine is; that machine could be running a more current distro.
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Old 28th May 2012, 03:04 AM
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Re: What is your oldest Linux distro that still runs?

I have a server with RedHat Linux v7 on it. The server is an older Dell PIII server and the software was built on it in 2000. It's out of service now, but it still boots and runs fine.

This question may motivate me to pull an old i486 system out of the dead pile, it has Redhat 5 on it from somewhere in the mid/late 90's and may still boot up. My first Redhat was 4.2 I think.
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Old 28th May 2012, 02:58 PM
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Re: What is your oldest Linux distro that still runs?

if my old com didn't trashed, then it will run blueflops or slackware, red hat, Mastodon..
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Old 28th May 2012, 04:42 PM
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Re: What is your oldest Linux distro that still runs?

I have the disks for Apollo, and an old computer that still boots. Maybe I'll give it a spin.
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Re: What is your oldest Linux distro that still runs?

It was Yellow Dog Linux v4 on an iBook G3 - 12" screen (700MHz), sadly the iBook died awhile back. That is still my favorite notebook, for me, it was just so comfy
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