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> Also Linux has become BIG in the embedded market, far more
> versatile, powerfull and reliable, than DOS. BTW, kernels too
> big for a HD? Gimmee a break!
HD means High Density, for the uninitiated. ;-)
And yes, recent v2.6 kernels are so big that they do no longer fit on a
boot disk. Even my stripped down bzipped v2.4.32 kernel already exceeds
1 MB, and it only includes support for my system's actual hardware. And
before you tell me to split it into different modules, that is just a
way to save main memory, but not disk space.
> Udo, you are always coming up
> with some of the goofiest antiLinux propaganda that only someone
> who doesn't use Linux, could ever hope to believe.
> Yes, the linux boot floppy is alive an well. I think Udo doesn't
> know linux very well :)
I have been using Linux since '98, that is why I know what I am talking
about. I guess if I would have used Linux only casually, I would like it
better, but unfortunately, just like with Windows, I suffer from an
overdose of Linux due to my studies of Computer Science, so sometimes I
feel like it is just as bad as Windows. :-/
I suppose only someone who knows DOS well can frown at Linux, but this
is how things are. And BTW, this is no "goofy anti-Linux propaganda", it
is just the result of my first-hand experience with it that I share with
others. If you look at the talk in some Linux newsgroups, you would
probably find a lot of snide remarks on DOS that are definetely less
well-founded than my comments on Linux.
The main difference between Linux and DOS is that snide remarks on DOS
are socially accepted, whereas those on Linux are not, which is without
doubt due to the fact that there are big companies pumping money in
Linux whereas DOS development is only driven by its community. As long
as Microsoft still supported DOS, the situation was quite the reverse.
Udo
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