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Re: GNU/Linux: Lighter is Sometimes Better

Psyc Geek (TAB) wrote:

> On Aug 21, 8:23 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> Linux: Low end capable does not mean inferior
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>> | One of the things that Microsoft has been silently beating Linux over the
>> | head with for the past couple of years is that, since Linux works so well
>> | on older, and lower end PC's, it is an inferior, obsolete, and outdated
>> | OS.  I find FUD like this to be a bit annoying, as the inverse is true of
>> | Windows. An OS that is so bloated, resource hungry, and restrictive that
>> | it can only run on high end PC's does not mean it's a superior OS.  In
>> | fact, I'd say that's quite the opposite.
> 
> It has no bearing on who is superior.  I
> But I am with ya.  You go get your 80mhtz machine back out and tell
> the kids to run that.
> Don't forget the 13 inch monitor.

Let's try a *very* modern spec on you, TAB....

- RAM not to exceed 1GB
- CPU not to exceed 1GHz (but Intel ATOM excepted)
- Screen not to exceed 10.2" diagonal (but NO touch screen)
- Storage not to exceed 80GB

Your OS of choice would be........????


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