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Re:Show HN: My 486 Server by anthk on Sunday January 16, 2022 @04:05PM (#29960035)
OpenWRT for 486 would be a faster choice. Just crosscompile pkgs from another machine.

You'll have http and gopher support granted. If libressl compile and run, place it under /opt, and maybe you'll be able to compile a gemini client.

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Re:Show HN: My 486 Server by vkoskiv on Sunday January 16, 2022 @04:08PM (#29960074)
I should give that a go, yeah. The gentoo attempt was mostly to see how a modern desktop class linux distro would work on a system that old. Answer: Not very fast!
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Re:Show HN: My 486 Server by anthk on Sunday January 16, 2022 @04:14PM (#29960140)
OpenWRT with musl would run much faster. Try to build a slim kernel with the OpenWRT toolchain.
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