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Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test LINUX LINUX ... ... (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 03.08.2007, 05:09

> > Yes, Linux is good
>
> Do you use it ? Was unusable for me in my test some years ago

It depends on the distro. Honestly, I've hardly ever tried it (a bit confusing and easy to not do what you want), but recently I've been trying a few LiveCDs (e.g. FreeDOS [didn't really work] ReactOS [fully broken], Slax "Kill Bill" [good, RAM hungry], NetBSD Live! 2007 [good, RAM hungry]) on an old P6 333 Mhz w/ 128 MB RAM (on which my bro installed Damn Small Linux).

> > and popular.
>
>

PRO: Good auto-detection. Good compatibility. Lots of software. Free. Nice LiveCDs. Can do almost all of what a typical person (like me) would need or want.

CON: Almost exclusively not for old computers. MAJORLY overhyped. Too much talk emphasis on servers and networking. Too many weird hacks and anti-MS rhetoric. Too intimidating (intentionally?). Changes too often. Not a quick fix for using a non-Windows OS. Can be hard to install programs (maybe). Too many unneeded features.

> > Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux Linux
>
> Reserve 100 GiB of space for that many Loonixes

You can install it in a lot less than that, but the main thing that takes up a lot is swap space. I don't quite understand the ins and out of why it uses swap when free RAM is available (or how to tweak such) yet.

Of course, I don't have to tell you, DOS386, that DexOS, FreeDOS, OctaOS, and Menuet32 are also good OSes (better, in some ways) as well as much smaller. I think multi-booting (or running in a VM) ain't such a bad thing.

Complete thread:

• Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test - lucho, 30.07.2007, 17:38 (Miscellaneous)
  • Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test - rr, 31.07.2007, 09:20
    • Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test - lucho, 31.07.2007, 17:14
      • Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test - rr, 31.07.2007, 17:34
      • Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test - sol, 30.11.2007, 17:51
        • Speed differences negligible - Japheth, 03.12.2007, 12:25
          • Speed differences - be more specific - Rugxulo, 05.12.2007, 22:31
            • Speed differences - be more specific - Japheth, 05.12.2007, 23:02
            • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 05.12.2007, 23:05
              • Speed differences - be more specific - tom, 06.12.2007, 13:01
                • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 06.12.2007, 17:50
                  • Speed differences - be more specific - tom, 06.12.2007, 17:59
                    • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 06.12.2007, 18:32
                      • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 06.12.2007, 18:35
                      • Speed differences - be more specific - tom, 06.12.2007, 18:49
                        • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 06.12.2007, 18:55
                          • Speed differences - be more specific - tom, 06.12.2007, 19:08
                            • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 06.12.2007, 21:30
                              • Speed differences - be more specific - rr, 07.12.2007, 09:43
                              • Speed differences - be more specific - tom, 07.12.2007, 11:11
                                • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 07.12.2007, 17:09
                                  • Speed differences - be more specific - tom, 07.12.2007, 20:22
                                    • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 07.12.2007, 20:51
                                      • Speed differences - be more specific - Japheth, 07.12.2007, 21:27
                                        • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 07.12.2007, 22:40
                                          • Speed differences - be more specific - Japheth, 07.12.2007, 23:20
                                            • Speed differences - be more specific - sol, 08.12.2007, 01:00
          • Speed differences negligible - sol, 06.12.2007, 01:14
  • Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test - Rugxulo, 31.07.2007, 10:12
    • Who said that DOS was dead? - lucho, 31.07.2007, 19:07
      • Who said that DOS was dead? - Steve, 31.07.2007, 19:50
      • Who said that DOS was dead? - rr, 31.07.2007, 20:17
        • Who said that DOS was dead? - lucho, 01.08.2007, 14:55
      • Who said that DOS was dead? - Rugxulo, 01.08.2007, 04:13
    • Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test LINUX LINUX ... ... - DOS386, 02.08.2007, 15:28
      • Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test LINUX LINUX ... ... - Rugxulo, 03.08.2007, 05:09
  • Ultimate DOS kernel file copy speed test || Slowest FreeDOS - DOS386, 02.08.2007, 15:26