Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Sat May 28 2022 21:07:47

 Ni>  bo> The oldest computer I've used Linux on is a 486DX/33 with 16M of RAM.
 Ni>  bo> run OK, and could be useful but anything slower I'd want to stick to 
 Ni> 
 Ni> I remember briefly using Linux on one of my 386 systems (it may have
 Ni> been a 386DX-40).  I remember running Doom (PC game) on it, and the
 Ni> Linux version of Doom seemed to run slightly faster than the DOS version
 Ni> of Doom..
 Ni> 
 Ni> Linux could run on that kind of PC, especially if you weren't using a
 Ni> GUI.  I think I had heard the first version of Linux was released in
 Ni> 1991, where 386 PCs were still fairly common (and I think 1991 was when
 Ni> AMD's 386DX-40 was first released).
 Ni> 
 Ni> Nightfox

I'm surprised the Linux version ran better.  Maybe better compilation leading to more optimised code?  Could be a better memory model.

I started using Linux in 2000, so by that time, distro's were a bit heavier as was the kernel.

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