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Xref: sserve comp.os.minix:22445 comp.os.386bsd.misc:578 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3529 comp.os.linux:46443 Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!cybaswan!iiitac From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: Choosing a Unix like OS for a pc (plan 9 compilation time) Message-ID: <1993Jul5.122914.6463@swan.pyr> Organization: Swansea University College References: <FOX.93Jun29142638@graphics.cs.nyu.edu> <741438841.9926@minster.york.ac.uk> <20sscl$brc@usenet.mcs.kent.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1993 12:29:14 GMT Lines: 19 In article <20sscl$brc@usenet.mcs.kent.edu> delozier@condor.mcs.kent.edu (Greg Delozier) writes: >So *my* wish (requirement) list for a 32-bit OS goes like this: > >1. 32-bit flat address space for all processes. >2. Heirarchical directory system >3. Reasonable windowing system with low overhead and simple image model >4. " printing " " " " " " " " >5. Interrupt driven serial i/o (and maybe print spooler) >6. C (maybe C++) or Oberon compilers. (Oberon is a clean, small OOP language) >7. Small enough for one person to understand. > Linux meets pretty much everything bar 7 actually. Get vgalib if you are a total performance freak. I've found X is pretty good for animation, and on Linux you can configure out the TCP/IP code and use unix domain sockets for the calls. MGR is faster and vgalib lets your user mode process drive the card direct - take your pick. Alan