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Now if only MSFT would release a new OS that made a PC feel fast and useful! [/JOKE]
by mrandish 5y ago
Now if only MSFT would release a new OS that made a PC feel fast and useful! [/JOKE]
- gerdesj 5y agoI remember the first time I span up a Linux distro on a PC. The console felt so bloody quick in comparison with the Win98 that was shuffled out of the way to make room for something called ext2. I compiled my first kernel - 1.98something I think - with something called "eggs" (egcs - ooh controversial!) and the text flew up the screen smoothly and fast, really, really fast. This machine had DOS and W4WG 3.11 before that and prior to that I had a 80486 and before that a 80286 plus a '287 co pro with just DOS 3-5ish so I had a preconception on what streaming text consoles should look like. I'd also used some green or amber screens with something large and complicated behind them. That's what IT looks like to most people (something complicated) - don't forget that! My memory grows a little dim but I think it was a Pentium II box that I first slapped Linux on. 25 years later. I update my various Linux boxes in a minute or two at most. I update Windows boxes in a few hours at most - normally around 15 mins but several hours is not unknown.