[ltp] Which distro for R51?

[Rich]

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Oh boy, a first/second-generation Pentium M.

32-bit is going to be an increasingly large hurdle in distro selection as
the population stuck on non-64b hardware platforms has been dwindling, with
even the low-power CPU models speaking 64-bit now.

What have you tried, if anything?
Are you presuming Debian 7/8/... are not going to fly for some reason?

What're you currently running on the Debian 6 setup, and how well is it
working?

I'd probably start on Debian 8/i386 with Xfce and go from there, though
ISTR the R51's video chipset was not a pleasure to work with, and I haven't
tested the ipw2[12]00 support on modern kernels.

- Rich

On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Florian <dorpmueller@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I was happy with running Debian 6 on my ancient Thinkpad R51 but now
> Debian 6 is outdated. Which distro can be recommended to use now? I
> already have checked several mini linux versions but they are all
> without regular updates.
> Thanks in advance for any hints.
> Florian
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Oh boy, a first/second-generation Pentium M.<div><br></div=
><div>32-bit is going to be an increasingly large hurdle in distro selectio=
n as the population stuck on non-64b hardware platforms has been dwindling,=
 with even the low-power CPU models speaking 64-bit now.</div><div><br></di=
v><div>What have you tried, if anything?</div><div>Are you presuming Debian=
 7/8/... are not going to fly for some reason?</div><div><br></div><div>Wha=
t&#39;re you currently running on the Debian 6 setup, and how well is it wo=
rking?</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;d probably start on Debian 8/i386 wit=
h Xfce and go from there, though ISTR the R51&#39;s video chipset was not a=
 pleasure to work with, and I haven&#39;t tested the ipw2[12]00 support on =
modern kernels.</div><div><br></div><div>- Rich</div></div><div class=3D"gm=
ail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 7:20 AM, =
Florian <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dorpmueller@hotmail.com" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">dorpmueller@hotmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquot=
e class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc sol=
id;padding-left:1ex">I was happy with running Debian 6 on my ancient Thinkp=
ad R51 but now<br>
Debian 6 is outdated. Which distro can be recommended to use now? I<br>
already have checked several mini linux versions but they are all<br>
without regular updates.<br>
Thanks in advance for any hints.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">Florian<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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