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To: GeronL

Uhm - no.

I used Linux version 0.12 in 1992. I couldn’t believe what it could do compared to Windows, et al. This was the first really usable version of Linux. You had to have a Minix partition to use it, and the ability to do a hex-edit to the binary to tell it which disk to find said partition.

Where windows had non-preimptive multi-tasking, Linux had full Memory protected multi-tasking capabilities. Where Windows had to have memmaker to help it manage 16Mb - Linux had Real Virtual Memory, and could run 64Mbyte tasks. Even in it’s infancy it was in a different league.

The first version of Linux required that you download all the utilities you wanted to run and compile them yourself! Want LS - compile it! Then “SLS” came along and did the very first distributions. 50 Floppies! Heaven!


54 posted on 04/06/2012 12:19:41 PM PDT by fremont_steve
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To: fremont_steve

I still find Linux is hard to use. I have PC Linux and Puppy Linux on CD’s that I can boot from. I can get online easily enough, that much is something anyone can do. If that is all someone wants, then I’d definitely go with Linux.


57 posted on 04/06/2012 12:36:07 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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