Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Nov 2004 13:07:16 +0100 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: support of older compilers |
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# > > There are probably people even using linux-1.2. # > # > # uname -a # > Linux knuth 1.2.11 #27 Sun Jul 30 03:39:01 MET DST 1995 i486 # > # > (486 DX/2, 66MHz, 8 MB) # > # > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281572 Jul 30 1995 zImage-1.2.11 # > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 277476 Apr 1 1995 zImage-1.2.2 # # Ok, you da man. What do you use it for? Or is it just lying around for # nostalgic reasons?
One strength is the fact that it boots in a couple of seconds, while my current 2.6.9 with vendor boot scripts takes minutes. Another strength is the weight - exactly 2 kg. I write letters, papers, lecture notes and stuff. It feels faster than modern machines. Only need X, TeX, emacs and rsh, rcp.
>> to remind us how large the kernel is getting? :)
> Yeah, I know. Damn, it's scary. > The kernel does do more these days than it did in '95. But 6 times more?
I recall the times where 4K was enough for a multiuser OS that provided each user its own virtual machine (and could run itself under itself). Small is beautiful. Six times? Today for me is
-rw-r--r-- 1 aeb users 3161708 2004-11-06 01:19 /boot/bzImage-2.6.9test
Probably I select more filesystems than you do.
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