From: Hans E. <ha...@so...> - 2002-08-13 09:30:56
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 09:54:11AM +1000, Darryl Bond wrote: > The main reason is that modern distributions are optimised for the=20 > processor/glibc that it was installed on. It is very difficult to support= =20 > some of the older processors with this in mind. Keeping a full distributi= on=20 > that will run on a 486 would be no joke. Debian 3.0, released in july 2002, support 11 architectures and does not use optimised binaries. --=20 Hans Ekbrand |