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   ?uper?nekFriend ? (supersnekfriend@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 21:55:48 JST ?uper?nekFriend ?

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   What would even use these where older kernel versions would not suffice?
   
   RT: https://geeknews.chat/users/theregister/statuses/114465622158354506
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 21:55:47 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperSnekFriend @theregister You really shouldn't have any issues using such kernel with such CPUs, alas Linux has bloated up to the point where it's only feasible to use very old versions.
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     EdBoatConnoisseur (edboatconnoisseur@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 22:09:53 JST EdBoatConnoisseur

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     @Suiseiseki @SuperSnekFriend @theregister Are there even original 486 and 586 systems out there still working?

     No i don't mean the new old stock retro systems that have surfaced for DOS gaming and windows95 industrial controllers, i mean actual peroid systems that are not running on a vintage OS but are running modern linux kernels to function as thin servers, what can those even run as, ftp servers?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 22:09:53 JST 翠星石

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     @EdBoatConnoisseur @theregister @SuperSnekFriend >Are there even original 486 and 586 systems out there still working?
     Yes, there is likely a few running an old version of GNU/Linux that haven't been updated.
     
     Such hardware can right light ftp and http servers just fine.
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     EdBoatConnoisseur (edboatconnoisseur@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 22:18:48 JST EdBoatConnoisseur

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     @Suiseiseki @theregister @SuperSnekFriend Wait, really http? I was thinking that hardware would only be good for ftp nowadays, can't imagine the performance of serving even plain html from a 486 or 586 processor with modern server loads...

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 22:18:48 JST 翠星石

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     @EdBoatConnoisseur @theregister @SuperSnekFriend Simple HTTP implementing only PUT and GET is arguably less demanding than ftp, considering that ftp typically requires multiple TCP requests per session.
     
     Clearly such computer would be running on only a LAN rather than the internet (but it would still work for the internet, as the top speed of the network link would effectively limit requests to a maximum of one every 10s of seconds really).