Linux on Pentium Pro

[Arvoreen]

I'm guessing it can be done, but I was wondering if I could get a reply from someone who has done it or seen it done:
Can Linux be installed on a Pentium Pro machine? If so, are there any quirks/pros/cons to doing so?

Thanks!

[sno]

havent tried a pentium pro, but should be easy enough as any other cpu, just choose pentium pro cpu when compiling the kernel

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[The King Ant]

It should be fine. If there are any quirks, it would be because of weird/buggy hardware. Xwindows would be a bit sluggish. Having RAM would make a big difference. I'd say 16 MB is a good number (you should notice a difference between 8 and 16, but maybe not between 16 and 32).

[Ryeker]

Pentium Pro uses the P6 core, the same core as the Pentium II, III, Celeron, etc. You won't have any problems. I have/had two PPro systems, 64 and 128MB. Both run very quickly.