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On 6 Jul 2006 18:29:29 -0700,
Super Spinner <Pepe.Smythe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Microsoft names Windows 98 and Millennium execution day
>>
>> 70 million users have to upgrade
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Software giant Microsoft has named the day that Windows 98 and Millennium
>> | users will no longer have support. On July 11, the two operating systems
>> | will have their final breakfast before being wiped from Vole's support
>> | brain.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32796
>>
>> The machines will rarely cope with anything like Windows XP or Vista, so they
>> will either be handed over to Linux users (servers?) or be converted to
>> Linux for home use.
>
> First, they don't *have* to upgrade.
> Second, today's Linux distros are so bloated, that they won't run on
> those machines either. Gone are the days of Linux being able to claim
> to run on 286's and the like. (And before anyone flames me, I'm
> talking about desktop distros, not some embedded system.)
>
First, I've seen no-one here claim that Linux runs on a 286, I assume
that was simple hyperbole from you.
Second, we aren't talking about even 386 machines (which linux does run
on, tyvm) but PII-PIII and the like, and yes, modern distros run just
fine on such light hardware. Where have you been hiding? Do they run
faster on newer machines? of course. Is it a good idea to reduce the eye
candy level? probably, but the distro works just fine.
MS is king of bloat, there's little comparison in *that* field.
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