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| 607702 | 2007-11-02 21:17:00 | Also you will struggle to get any modern Linux running on a 386 these days - you will need a decent amount of experience with kernel patching etc before you will even get it to boot. The minimum 'supported' CPU these days is 486 or higher. |
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| 607703 | 2007-11-02 23:42:00 | When I asked around, I was actually referring to the younger of the old computers (the 6 or 7 year old one). I wouldn't even bother with the 386 | Myth (110) | ||
| 607704 | 2007-11-02 23:48:00 | use the 386 for playing prince of persia... I had smoothwall 3 running on a celeron 400mhz for fun, never actually tried using it because the setup wouldn't set my network cards up properly. Sure it detected both of them, but wouldn't let me assign one to the DSL and the other to ethernet even though that was what it was supposed to do. Maybe I actually needed said DSL plugged in... But most router has a firewall inbuilt anyway, or you can use software on the PC... an extra PC for firewall is kinda pointless for home, security-wise anyway, and it's probably gonna have to be running 24/7 so power wasting is probably an issue too |
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