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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5088 comp.os.linux.misc:34095 comp.os.os2.advocacy:76170 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!swrinde!pipex!uunet!polo.iquest.com!not-for-mail From: chris@vespucci.iquest.com (minulla on ukkonen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.pud Subject: Re: Amiga users insulted by Linux fans! Date: 26 Jan 1995 20:53:13 -0600 Organization: interQuest: Fuel for the Mind Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3g9n6p$5si@vespucci.iquest.com> References: <950116203411@lambada> <3fif9g$gsi@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <3frgbr$pk0@tipellium.apana.org.au> <D2sE10.HCI@bonkers.taronga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vespucci.iquest.com X-think-before-you-leap: Well yhea In article <D2sE10.HCI@bonkers.taronga.com>, Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> wrote: >Now Linux isn't a realtime system, but it's definitely about the leanest >UNIX like system you can easily get on a PC, short of QNX... which is >a realtime system. It shouldn't be surprising that Linux in 8M on a 386 can >be more responsive than NT in 20 on a Pentium (or whatever the ratio is). Well there are much leaner things than Linux. If you are looking for GOOD, elegant code then check out VSTa which is still under heavy development both on x86 and under 030 (I believe). It is a well written micro-kernel based OS that borrows a lot from plan9.