Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jun 1996 19:26:30 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Tracy R. Reed" <> | Subject | Re: real kernel bloat |
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On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, Alex Krimkevich wrote:
> almost anything. It is true that DEC's kernel is several Megs in size, > but don't forget it is capable of much more than Linux is, and, > arguably, will ever be. The lacking capabilities are of no concern > to most people, however the truth remains: Digital UNIX is a better > multitasking, multiuser OS than Linux. I am no DEC's or Sun's fan,
So what can Digital UNIX do that Linux cannot? I think your reasoning is quite flawed. I think it is quite possible for a conglomeration of people all over the net investing only their free time to come out with an operating system that can easily compete with commercial OS's. I think Linux's main problem is the crappy PC hardware it's based on. That's why I'm going to buy an Alpha as soon as I get some bucks saved up. 15 years of backwards compatibility has got to have some negative effect on a platform. I spent all afternoon trying to work out the LBA on the IDE's on my boss's new machine which runs Win95. I've decided once and for all that I truely despise PC hardware. If I ever see another > 1024 cylinder IDE HD, irq conflict, 16 bit program, floppy tape drive hack, I'm gonna puke.
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