Linux version for Ubuntu 6.06 and Fedora Core 5

[ruthan]

Linux version is coming soon, but release date is 2006.. and last update here is 2 years old, so..

Better late than never.

[nbolton]

Thanks for the request, this is a hobby project of mine that I use for my vintage/retro computers.

If you're looking for a version that works on modern OS, then modern Synergy or Deskflow will be best.

If you are looking for a vintage version of Synergy for Linux: My lab has been in boxes for about a year now since I'm reorganizing my garage (which is also full of boxes). Once I have my vintage computers back up and running, I'll be doing some development on popular 2006 Linux distros, Ubuntu 6.06 and Fedora Core 5.

What Linux package would you need?

[ruthan]

Some version for retro Linux would be nice, to keep it online, before its lost.

[nbolton]

Cool, Ubuntu 6.06 and Fedora Core 5 sound like safe bets to me.

[ruthan]

Oldest HW which make sense for this is probably socket 7 / super socket 7 platform, from Intel Pentium 60 MHz up to K6-III+ (500 MHz, will Cyrix, Winchip cpus bundle.

I really dunno when Linux kernel started to remove support of this platform, but these OSes are from 2005/2006 and this HW was 1994-1999 thing. Some these VIA a ALI etc chipsets were pretty wild.

I asked ChatGPT and it claims that it was supported until kernel 4 (2015), which looks a bit suspicion.

Socket 7 is best scenario, if it would need pentium II / pentium III or Athlons is still good.
100% killer are mandatory SSE instructions, once code is compiled with them, its not compatible for sure.