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Re: [trinity-users] Exe GNU/Linux: R14 versions: 486 and 686

From: David Hare <davidahare@...>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:30:28 +0100
> Hi,
>
> I think I'll try your distro on my Sony VAIO PictureBook C1VN.
> This crap has a 600mhz Transmeta Crusoe 5600, developping approximately
> 16mhz of equivalent Intel CPU power :)
> And it has 128mb of RAM, not really upgradeable, killing every bit of
> possible performance...
> The interesting point is that this Transmeta CPU is in fact a 586
> virtual machine, so it is non-PAE. Debian was too heavy for it and I
> want to see your distro running on my C1VN.
>
> -Alexandre

128 ram may not be enough for a useable TDE. If you got that far, the 
ExeGNU installer might puke. 256 is probably the useable minimum.. but 
do try it and let us know!

> Debian was too heavy for it

Depends what DE you chose and perhaps you needed to use the optional 
text-based installer. ExeGNU is Debian Wheezy-based.

Another possibility is antiX (also Debian-based) which has 486 kernel 
versions and claims to run on 128 ram.

David