[tdi_veedub]

slackware 3.5 should run nicely, I once ran it with x using windowmaker on a 486 dx2/33. OR if you like windows3.11 you could use the fvwm windowmanager

[I Fix 4 U]

i'll check into that

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by Topato

Windows 3.1 was designed to be used with such an old system. When the first linux distros came out, they required top of the line computers. setting them 2 years ahead of the standard of the day.

Last time i tried to load RedHat 3.something on an old 386, i couldn't even boot onto the CD. Of course it's all for the best as that laptop was destroyed the next day as attempted to build a rubber shell to protect from unexpected falls.

I think you must have been doing something wrong then. Linux has always run better on older computers. I have gotten Red hat 5.1 to run on a 386.

[I Fix 4 U]

does your 5.1 have X11 tho?

[Whiteskin]

(As a side note, X was designed to run on UNIX, the original one. Linux compatability was an odd, but fortunate side effect)

Linux has grown, as a natural progression. People accept that XP will not run on a 386, yet for some reason won't get it through their heads that there have been massive amounts of growth in linux. In all parts. No longer is linux exclusivly a hobby system, it is now a recognized enterprise strenth OS. A 2.2.x system is still most likely too big for that 386. You need to go back, back through the sands of time, and look for an elderly 2.0 system. (Don't go much further than that)

[I Fix 4 U]

I'll try an old compact legacy unix system (non-linux) and try the original X project on it. though this wont make it a major workstation it would make a really cool project.

[Whiteskin]

You may have trouble getting an Xserver to run on it, but it should be doable.

[I Fix 4 U]

hey MIT did it.