the AMD 5x86 is/was nothing more than a rebadged 486. AMD produced
processors with the 486 name up to their 486-120MHz processor. The next
processor was named 5x86 to buy more time for the K5.

As for XF86, I had planned on using X with Blackbox or Fluxbox as my wm.
WindowMaker was also an option, but I may hold off on that one 'cause I love
Black/FluxBox so much.

I plan to use this box for learning to write shell scripts. I'm severely
weak in that area and found that, in order to get a job as an *nix admin, I
need to know how to write scripts.

George Jones - Logic7
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"Arun Dev" <nospam@pleaz.xy> wrote in message
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> Hi logic7
>
> logic7 wrote:
> > I have finally started working on my 486/5x86 project PC. It's fairly
well
> > equipped with an AMD 5x86-133, 128MB RAM, a Promise ATA66 card, a pair
of
>
> AMD 5x86-133 ? Is it a 586 or a 486?
>
> On a Pentium with 32 MB Slack 9.1 runs like music.
>
> If it is 486, personally I would go for 8.1 (Kernel 2.4.18).
>
> > 10GB ATA66 drives, a 4MB S3 Virge GX card, 10Mb nic, and a decent cdrom
>
> Bootable? Then you won't have any problems. Even without a bootable,
> there is a clever system with floppies, con: in 8.1 you'll need 6
> CDs, and perhaps a 7th for the network.
>
> All depends on what you plan to do. Pure server is no problem,
> X window system will be a hurdle though.
>
> Arun
>