Jérôme skrev:
> I dont understand.
>
> - Mandriva requirements are 256 MB of Ram : which i586 powered system
> have that ? The standard amount when this kind of system were on the
> market was 32 MB, 64 MB at best.
>
> - Even if the LiveCD/DVD can boot, it would be barely usable with
> Gnome/KDE/Xfce.
>
> - If I had one of these systems, I would probably choose not to waste
> any ressources, and so, to use a specialized distribution.
>
>

i586 != Pentium Processor in this sense, it simply means i586
instruction set as minimum required support...

You forget AMD K6*, Via, Transmeta, and even some Pentium D series wich
are not fully i686 capable...

And many of those systems have 256+ MB

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Thomas