[geeks] Whoo hoo... now this is a nice Linux

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Caleb Shay <caleb at webninja.com> wrote:
> On 2003-03-21 22:28:27 +0000 Jonathan C. Patschke <jp at celestrion.net>
> 
> wrote:
> 
> >   A Linux distribution with things like "make
> > world" and a ports tree would go a long way towards making it a
> > more useful environment, IMO.

Remember the roots of Linux - 80386 boxes with too little RAM (8
Meg?)...

I think Linux's origins forced a certain mindset on the developers. How
long would a make world take (that included everything!), and forget
about high-speed modems (9600 baud was pricy back then)...

Just a thought...


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Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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