Well, here's an article from Debian about system requirements: https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/amd64/ch03s04.html.en Granted, the URL lists a version codename from several releases ago, and if you want to run Orca, you probably want at least as much extra memory for it as you'd want for the DE itself. Beyond that, I can't really provide much advice on running Linux on Hardware older than 2011. On 6/1/23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, I guess I'll just make a DOS machine. I do have a couple XP > machines that are probably at least pentiums. Will one of them work? > > Howard > > > On 6/1/2023 12:21 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> Well, running on a 386 is pretty hardcore, but most Linux packages >> built for 32-bit systems have their architecture listed as i386 >> implying at least binary compatibility with the earliest 32-bit x86 >> processors... and the Linux kernel itself has 686 builds distinct from >> the i386 builds, further implying the i386 kernels have support for >> the oldest 32-bit processors. >> >> Probably not even worth trying to run a Linux DE on such an old >> machine, but a purely CLI setup might work... Though, does the old >> machine even have a CD-ROM drive or USB ports to support modern >> install media? Even if you could get it on to floppies, a Debian >> netinst would require several stacks tall as a person and if the old >> machine also lacked ethernet... well, it's hard to imagine than many >> floppy disks in one place. >> >> On 6/1/23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> How much machine do I need to run some version of linux? Can I get >>> something to run on a 386 or 486? Or maybe I should just make a DOS >>> machine? Thanks. >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> >>> On 6/1/2023 10:19 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>> Hi all, I want a distro which is relatively stable, but not hard to >>>> keep some components up to date, especially accessibility components >>>> like Orca, as well as Firefox. In principle, I don't want a full >>>> desktop environment, just enough to run Firefox plus Orca, and >>>> possibly other desktop apps later. I have successfully set up >>>> ratpoison a few years ago with the help of the Strychnine script >>>> developed by Storm, so maybe the easiest path is to get it again. >>>> >>>> I'd like opinions on the distro to use. ArchLinux has the advantage of >>>> requiring few disk space and always having the latest software, but >>>> I've tried it some years ago, and it appears too prone to break >>>> things, especially the audio stuff due to constant upgrading. Is it >>>> still true today? Another option is Debian unstable, which I've never >>>> tried. Does it use to break too? I've also read about VoidLinux. Has >>>> anyone tried it yet? I know about Slint as well, but the manual states >>>> that it requires 50 gb disk space at least, and I'm currently out of >>>> disk space, around 15 gb at most. >>>> >>>> Thanks for comments, >>>> Cleverson >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>> >>> -- >>> If this were an actual tagline, it _might_ be funny. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > If this were an actual tagline, it _might_ be funny. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list