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Got bored so spent an our & got my #ThinkPad X32 back working with Debian 12 took a while to build all the packages in #emacs just with 1 core

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[โ€“] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

took a while to build all the packages in #emacs just with 1 core

<crunch, crunch, crunch> LOL

First time I built a linux kernel (~1994) was on a hand-me-down 386-16. Took about 12 hours. IIRC I think it had 2MB of RAM in it. :-)

[โ€“] dekkzz76@emacs.ch 2 points 1 year ago

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try building a modern kernel on a 386 ;)

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