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Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide (2026) (www.fosslinux.com)
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[โ€“] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I still have some fedora 6 discs floating around. those should be fine to use, right?

[โ€“] mrbigmouth502@piefed.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You jest, but Fedora's probably one of the worst distros you could use an old version of. They're practically a rolling release with how short the support window for each version is. Plus, they have a very "march of progress" mentality compared to something like Debian.