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I spent a lot of my younger days building computers and playing with software. I had amassed several Pentium I era computers and I finally delved into Linux. At a local book store, I spotted a Linux Format magazine and that was my in. As any new Linux user, I distrohopped for such a long time, learning the ins and outs of seemingly random Linux distributions. After a while I decided on what I liked, what tools were available and how updates and services worked, I decided on Debian.

Over the years I upgraded computers, making the leap into multi gigahertz territory. Those old Pentium 133mhz days were over. But I still held onto those computers, I guess for nostalgia.

In that same Linux Format magazine, I learned about https://www.delilinux.org/DeLi Linux: a distribution made for low end computers. One of the computers I had kept in my collection was a Pentium I, running at 133mhz with 64MB of RAM. It had an incredibly small hard drive, installed with Windows 3.11. DeLi Linux installed easily and run just as well, LILO is always such a breeze to install with as it is.