Modern Linux on a 133MHz Pentium? Alpine on i586! (feat. NsCDE)

novembre 15, 2022 Mourad ELGORMA

Today we have a look and see if a 133 Mhz Intel Pentium (A CPU from 1995) has what it takes to run Alpine Linux!~ With 256 MBs of RAM and a Voodoo 3 2000 I think it can run just fine, maybe it can even run a DE! Haha jkjk.. Unless?

Thanks For Viewing!~ ❤

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~Credits
@DistroHopper39B For the idea (posting NTDEV’s video) and repacking NsCDE for Alpine on i586.
@NTDEV Creator of the video that basically inspired this one.

~References
NTDEV – Linux on a 16MHz 486SX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbp_KQ4a2DQ AT 2:02
marcdw1289 – Wonderful Desktop – NsCDE https://fvwmforums.org/t/wonderful-desktop/2802 AT 29:22
DistroHopper39B – Installing Hannah Montana Linux on an Apple TV 1st Generation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSFCiIHWN2U AT 29:45

~Music
Tony Thai – Windows 2000 Opening Theme
Nintendo DSi Shop Theme
Jogeir Liljedahl – “Addiction”
Sounds For The Supermarket 1 (1975) – Grocery Store Music

~Download Alpine Here!~
https://www.alpinelinux.org/

~PLoP Boot Manager
https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html

~NsCDE Desktop Environment
https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE

~Computer Specs
Asus P5A-B
Intel Pentium SY022 @ 133Mhz
256 MBs SDRAM
3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 16MB
120 GB Western Digital IDE HDD

~Chapter Select
0:00 – Intro
2:45 – Bump
2:55 – Chapter 1 – Preperation
7:04 – Chapter 1 – First Boot
7:48 – Chapter 1 – Checking The HDD
8:44 – Chapter 1 – Plugging The Internet in
9:55 – Chapter 1 – Booting Alpine
12:02 – Chapter 1 – Network Issues
12:42 – Chapter 1 – Debugging The Network Issues
13:52 – Chapter 1 – Embracing Insanity
14:30 – Chapter 1 – Insanity Working Out
15:48 – Chapter 1 – Alpine Installation
18:56 – Chapter 1 – Alpine First Boot
19:51 – Chapter 1 – Neofetch Installation
21:16 – Chapter 1 – Neofetch
22:45 – Chapter 1 – htop
23:09 – Chapter 2 – Intro
23:29 – Chapter 2 – Recap
24:12 – Chapter 2 – DE Intro
27:33 – Chapter 2 – UwUFetch
28:40 – Chapter 2 – Taking It A Bit Further
28:59 – Chapter 2 – NsCDE Intro
29:53 – Chapter 2 – NsCDE Installation
34:19 – Chapter 2 – Fixing Dependencies
36:53 – Chapter 2 – Starting NsCDE
38:15 – Chapter 2 – NsCDE
43:16 – Outro