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Good to know! I have a few old 32-bit laptops in my collection, and I thought my only options at this point were FreeDOS or one of the BSDs.

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I needed a new OS for my old 32-bit Intel MacBook because its 32-bit Lubuntu is expiring in few months. I tried 32-bit Debian, but the installation memory stick crashed during boot. :(

So, I actually decided to install FreeBSD on it. :) It works well for my use case, which is a simple file server without any GUI. I love how simple FreeBSD is compared to Linux distros.

Haiku is another possibility - it runs well on my 701 4G eeePC:

https://www.haiku-os.org

Thanks for the idea. I have a 701 and was thinking about what distro install but you solved it for me.

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