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Subject: Re: What old Linux distro to run on a old Pentium III PC?
Date: 5 Jul 2025 18:29:21 GMT
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On 05 Jul 2025 09:26:18 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

> Le 25-06-2025, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> a écrit :
>> On 6/24/25 10:44 AM, John Ames wrote:
>>> 
>>> The original EeePC was a bit anemic,
>>
>>    Not for THE TIMES.
> 
> Depends on what one hear by that. At the time, it was too slow to be
> able to run the last version of Windows. So, it couldn't be called a
> first class computer. On the same time, Ubuntu was running fine on it,
> so it was enough for a day to day usage. And as everyone started to buy
> it Microsoft started to be afraid and agreed to sell it with an obsolete
> version of Windows.

The eee PC 701 originally ran Xandros. I doubt Ubuntu would have worked.  
I installed Q4OS. It took several attempts when I got too greedy with the 
applications to be installed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q4OS