Low-end computers & Slackware Was: for the Slacker in you

On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 19:35, Bryce C wrote:
> My old laptop (still in use actually) is a 486 100Mhz with 12Mb RAM and
> an upgraded, multi-Gb hard drive. It still works excellent running SuSE
> 6.1 (no one compiles for such low-end processors anymore :'() <SNIP>

FYI - Slackware's default kernel is complied for the 486 not the Pentium
(less then a 5% speed penalty when run on a Pentium) and the distro
comes with or has available kernel low and very low memory machines.

Dennis Kibbe