7 Nov
2007
7 Nov
'07
9:48 a.m.
On 7 Nov 2007 at 10:21, ajones wrote:
> There was never a version of Linux, or UNIX in general, less bloated
> than Windows 95. Windows 95 will very comfortably get you TCP/IP,
> protected memory, preemptive multitasking[1], and a graphical desktop on
> a 486 SX with 8M of RAM. Linux 2.0 with XF86 3.x was a carnival of
> swapping on that configuration. Solaris x86 wouldn't even boot.
You have to be very careful saying things like "never". I've had
TCP/IP, protected memory and preemptive multitasking on UNIX on machines
quite a bit smaller than 8MB. Including an X GUI.
I've had those features on machines way smaller than 8MB on non-UNIX
machines.
Peace... Sridhar