azha@lemm.ee to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoI think the motherboard is enough?lemm.eeimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1497
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 days agoVery funny, but I actually used to own a computer that didn’t meet the minimum requirements for Linux. (Not my pic, but the same model.)
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 days agoLinux doesn’t run on anything below a 386 because it requires a MMU. (Some people have made forks that can run on 286s etc., but those changes have never been part of the mainline kernel.)
minus-squareKnightontheSun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoWhat can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoThey tried running Linux on their ENIAC, but someone accidentally tipped over one of the crates of punch cards which has unfortunately set the project back a few months.
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agohttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/math-emu/double.h#L29
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 days ago#if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's a nickel kid. Go buy yourself a real computer." #endif LOL! That isn’t the same limitation I was thinking of, though.
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoI wasn’t confident which requirement you were missing, but I love that error
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoI was under the impression that the main impediment to running Linux on a 286 was the lack of an MMU. I might be wrong about that, though.
Very funny, but I actually used to own a computer that didn’t meet the minimum requirements for Linux.
(Not my pic, but the same model.)
What was it, the ENIAC?
Linux doesn’t run on anything below a 386 because it requires a MMU.
(Some people have made forks that can run on 286s etc., but those changes have never been part of the mainline kernel.)
What can I run on a Transmeta Crusoe?
They tried running Linux on their ENIAC, but someone accidentally tipped over one of the crates of punch cards which has unfortunately set the project back a few months.
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/math-emu/double.h#L29
#if _FP_W_TYPE_SIZE < 32 #error "Here's a nickel kid. Go buy yourself a real computer." #endifLOL!
That isn’t the same limitation I was thinking of, though.
I wasn’t confident which requirement you were missing, but I love that error
I was under the impression that the main impediment to running Linux on a 286 was the lack of an MMU. I might be wrong about that, though.