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Re: [BL] The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux Platform is Getting Fat

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  • From: "Dustin MacDonald" <dmacdonald95 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: dlormand AT aztecfreenet.org, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux Platform is Getting Fat
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:39:51 +0000

Yes & No. The Linux Kernel used in BL is designed for 386's, and is designed to run on a floppy. This is why it has been enginerred the way it has bee.

>From: dlormand AT aztecfreenet.org (DAVID L. ORMAND)
>Reply-To: dlormand AT aztecfreenet.org, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
>To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: Re: [BL] The Fast-Food Syndrome: The Linux Platform is Getting Fat
>Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:58:11 -0700 (MST)
>
> >Linux != Fedora.  Linux != Gnome.  Linux != Desktops.
>
>Yes and no.  I think the kernel has been making great strides
>in responsiveness and quality, but I suspect the 2.6 kernel is
>too big to go on my 4Mb 486, no matter how barebones I configure.
>This is why BL is based on an old kernel, no?
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