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Linux on Older Hardware

Posted by michael on from the double-speed-cdrom dept.

sparrow_hawk writes: "One of Linux's strengths has always been the wide variety of older/obsolete hardware it supports. However, most modern distributions seem to assume that the user has a brand-new machine with processor and RAM to spare. Linux Journal reports on the RULE project (Run Up2Date Linux Everywhere). They are trying to come up with a low-resource-requirement, easy-to-use Linux installation for use on older hardware, intended as an option when you install Red Hat Linux. The FAQ has more information."

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  1. Ahhhh, another sunny morning.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...and today yet another open source company will go under. O, joy! :-)

  2. Didn't get it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No first post. Don't cry for me, I'm already dead.

    Fuck you with a NYPD broomhandle klerk!

  3. Re:Anti-masturbation equipment by rapevictim · · Score: -1, Troll

    there are a lot of defenseless girls out there, getting choked and having their cervix bruised by linux nerds, all over the world, that would benefit from products like these. please take it upon yourself to donate some to your local battered woman's shelter, and make america a little safer for the Jon Benet Rameys of america. thank you.