Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?
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>From: field.engineer@gmail.com
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?
>Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:20:04 -0800
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>>Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
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>>> Jimmy Johnson wrote:
>>>> I imagine the arguments where similar when operating systems
>moved from
>>>> 16 bit to 32 bit. ;)
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>>> I have never heard of 16 bit userland and a 32 bit kernel, though.
>In
>>> the present case in a sense you can have the best of both worlds
>on one
>>> system. 8-)
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>>> Has there ever been an official 16 bit linux kernel?
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>>I could be wrong but I think the closest would be Minix '87 running
>on
>>8086, Linus was not doing his thing until '91 or maybe later, he may
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>>have started on a 8086, not sure.
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>>Jimmy Johnson
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>>Bakersfield, CA. U.S.A.
>>Registered Linux User #380263
>>K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid)
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According to my archives, Tannenbaum did Minix first in 1987 for an
8086 256K PC system; Linus' famous email asking for inputs on his
"hobby" O/S said it was for 386 AT systems; this in 1991.
Larry
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