I know, I know, this is a Windows forum, but I strive to be a jack-of-all-trades.
I was wondering if anyone knows of a particular distribution of the various Linux/BSDs that would be good to put on my old 486, so I can learn some Unix. I've tried Stormix, Mandrake, and am currently [as I type] trying to get FreeBSD 4.1.1 on to it, but I've had many problems, not the least of which is the limited [515MB] drive space. I think FreeBSd broke my CDROM, or it's time was just up.
I'd prefer a BSD based distro, as those seems to have less bloat, but anything that will fit would be fine.
-bZj
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Home built system: Just for fun:
Soyo SY-7VCA Mainboard AST Bravo LC 4/66d
[VIA ApolloPro 133A T82C694X] Intel 486/66MHz CPU
[onboard sound] 40MB RAM [2x16, 2x4]
PIII 500E [100FSB flip chip] 515MB Conner Hdd
PNY 128MB PC100 RAM 3 1/2, 5 1/4, 2x CDROM
OEM 128MB PC133 RAM 3com Etherlink II [Ext.Transcvr]
Stealth III S540 Video ESS Audiodrive
Adaptec 2940U SCSI [coming soon] FreeBSD 4.1.1
LinkSys NC100v2 Ethernet [if I can get it installed]
Quantum Fireball 10.3GB Hdd
HP A4331D 20" Monitor @ 1280
Logitec MouseMan [Compaq]
Win2K Server [v5.00.2195, SP-1] > [url=http://down8.dhs.org]http://down8.dhs.org[/url]
[format => clean install] [email]brian@infinitejones.com[/email]
Norton AntiVirus 2000
Covad 768kbps sDSL w/3com switch & Flowpoint Router [sharedx6]
Phillips or SHS...read this NOW!!
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