azha@lemm.ee to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoI think the motherboard is enough?lemm.eeexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1753arrow-down15
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-212 days agoLinux doesn’t run on anything below a 386 because it requires a MMU. (Some people have made forks that can run on 286s etc., but those changes have never been part of the mainline kernel.)
minus-squareKnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoWhat can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoThey tried running Linux on their ENIAC, but someone accidentally tipped over one of the crates of punch cards which has unfortunately set the project back a few months.
What was it, the ENIAC?
Linux doesn’t run on anything below a 386 because it requires a MMU.
(Some people have made forks that can run on 286s etc., but those changes have never been part of the mainline kernel.)
What can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
They tried running Linux on their ENIAC, but someone accidentally tipped over one of the crates of punch cards which has unfortunately set the project back a few months.