First post, by foxbat
Could you advise me what is the last working Linux distro and version that is usable on below hardware? I thought that just current 32bit Alpine will fit it easily but it is not possible because of hell of SSE2 requirement. Then I wish to ask you when you have much more experience than I have.
1. P54C/P55 class
- 64-128MB SIMM RAM (i430FX, i430VX, SiS5571 etc)
- ISA/PCI graphics (like Trident 9000i, S3 Trio64, etc)
- ISA/PCI sound (like OPTi 82931, SB AWE32, SB ViBRA, various Ensoniq AudioPCI)
- ISA network (like i S82595FX, Compex rl2k-988pa, SMC 83c790qfp etc)
2. P54C/P55 class
- up to 512MB DIMM RAM (like i430TX, VIA VPX based etc)
- PCI graphics
- ISA/PCI sound
- ISA network (like i S82595FX, Compex rl2k-988pa, SMC 83c790qfp etc)
3. i586 class (like AMD K6-2 450 or PIII/Celeron 433MHz-1GHz on SiS530)
- 768MB-1GB RAM,
- PCI, but mostly AGP graphics (like SiS6326, Riva TNT, Trio3D, Trident Blade3D, FX5200, nVidia MX4xx)
- ISA/PCI sound (like OPTi 82931, SB AWE32, SB ViBRA, various Ensoniq AudioPCI)
- ISA/PCI network (like i S82595FX, Compex rl2k-988pa, SMC 83c790qfp , 3c905, sb82558, etc)
The main goal here is to have xorg with web browser working that will be able to open https pages. I use win98se on this hardware which is surprisingly enough but lacks of web browser at all.