Re: high-end vs. low end [was: Linux vs. FreeBSD]

Pavel Machek (pavel@bug.ucw.cz)
Wed, 4 Nov 1998 14:52:38 +0100


Hi!

> > Don't forget, the point is, that linux makes a perfect Xterminal of
> > a 386 with 8M ram (and should further versions do so too).
>
> It probably will. It might even work better :)

Don't think so. I tried to make X run on 386 with 8meg and hercules,
and it is very slow. It is usable, but when X it start 2 minutes or
so, it is not nice. So - 386 was never nice X terminal.
Pavel

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