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In <adtDDoAIt.HF3@netcom.com> adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) writes:

>Dan Pop (Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch) wrote:
>: In <adtDDIstI.MtJ@netcom.com> adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) writes:
>
>: >Linux is a good operating system, but only one of many good operating
>: >systems. Nothing really special about it except its history (philosophy)
>: >and cost. 
>
>: Try to match Linux functionality _and_ memory footprint _and_ supported
>: hardware list and you might see something special.
>
>OK, I'll agree that Linux's low-end support is a plus. Linux would
>probably run well on my old 386DX-20 with 8M RAM, 100M HD, and Diamond
>Stealth accelerated SVGA. 
>
>My newer systems are 486DX2-66 with 16M RAM and Pentium-133 with 32M RAM. 
>These were the configurations I had in mind when I made my original
>statement, which I still believe is true for contemporary medium- to
>high-end systems. 

Try to run UnixWare and Solaris on the 486DX2-66 with 16M RAM and compare
the performance with the one offered by Linux.  If you have a Pentium-133
with 32M RAM, you can run pretty much anything, including big resource
hogs, like NT or NeXTSTEP.  But most people don't, which explains Linux'
popularity.

Dan
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