Re: Minix VS Linux
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Re: Minix VS Linux
gkm@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (greg moeller) writes:
>Just wanted to throw in one point about getting Minix because it can run
>on just an 8088.
The 8088 is obsolate. And my opinion is that Minix should only support
the i386 of all intel architectures in the future. It is to much overhead
to support the old 16-bit processors. Minix could be cleaned up easier if
the old 16-bit stuff will be removed.
>If I were a student with an 8088 and had a choice of buying Minix for
>$169, or spending about $140 for a 16 Mhz 386sx motherboard and get Linux
>for free, I think I'd get the new motherboard.
Thats also my reason for suggesting NOT to support the old 16-bit architectures.
People who are willing to pay $169 for Minix-PC can also spend another $140
for a new Motherboard. (If not they still have Linux 8-))
Cheers Guido
>Greg
>P.S. all in all, I think it depends on what you want to do with the OpSys
> that should determine what you get.
>--- (greg moeller) a user of sys6626, running waffle 1.64
>E-mail: gkm@sys6626.bison.mb.ca
>system 6626: 63 point west drive, winnipeg manitoba canada R3T 5G8
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