Even as a work station linux works fine on 486 hardware. Your basing your argument on what you view as a "workstation." Howeve, without X a 486/66 does fine depending on it's purpose. You certainly don't need pentium power to run vi, lynx, and elm. What else do you need? :> While I didn't try it, I'm guessing a 486 could be used as a slow, but viable, devel system also.
doug > Guess I should have specified "as a workstation client". As a server > platform, I can understand advertising Linux as running well on low-end > PCs, but as a client machine for someone who wants to run X and a web > browser and StarOffice and/or WP8, etc, a 486 is underpowered (in my > limited experience). > > -- > Kent West > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. > Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! > "Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought" > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
