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I also ran Slackware on a 486DX. I remember it taking hours to compile a kernel. I upgraded around 98' to a Pentium II and was blown away when I could compile a
by j_m_b 5y ago
I also ran Slackware on a 486DX. I remember it taking hours to compile a kernel.
I upgraded around 98' to a Pentium II and was blown away when I could compile a kernel in 2 minutes!
- rconti 5y agoYep, I clearly remember it took just about 8 hours to compile a kernel on a 486 with 4MB of RAM. Upgrading to 16GB was a $400 proposition at the time, but when I finally got new hardware, I was shocked to realize this whole kernel-compiling thing was supposed to take minutes.