does dsl support 486cpu?

[grindstone]

Welcome. DSL is based on antiX which is based on Debian so the unfortunate answer is "no" for the first group. As there are many models of "pentium", you will have to read more (or just try)
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com...-i586-cpus
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/...t-release/
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/why-the-...6-anymore/