I am finding NetBSD works better on old computers than Linux. The differences are not too great. They are basically all based on the same POSIX standards.
yes, both NetBSD and OpenBSD i386 works great on Old Computers and take very little space, I have OpenBSD on a Thinkpad R51e (circa 2007) and had NetBSD on a circa 1999 desktop (512 mb mem) which sadly is slowly fading away (hardware).
Also both have solved the 2038 problem on 32 bit systems years ago. I think Linux is very close to solving it (or may have already), but that is for newer kernels. I expect Linux will probably drop 32 bit support with in a few years.
Also both have solved the 2038 problem on 32 bit systems years ago. I think Linux is very close to solving it (or may have already), but that is for newer kernels. I expect Linux will probably drop 32 bit support with in a few years.