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Post #AyiMUA6Ps1SNEXAPei by [email protected] |
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Computers are too fun sometimes; I've spent most of the evening making Debi… |
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Post #AyiNY48U60wNqBYl9s by [email protected] |
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Here's an interesting question: what should be the userland for a modern de… |
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Post #AyiNxneC1T1eEPf6WW by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Libraries. Modern software's all built on general-purpose l… |
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Post #AyiOBdCXeoiRt7K8Xo by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina i had managed to get the latest Slackware installer to boot wit… |
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Post #AyiOCxmsbWVQ1YxJZI by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina i have a machine that runs bookworm with a 4.something kernel b… |
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Post #AyiOCxtcCTtSMS6h4C by [email protected] |
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@evv42 I use a weird trick: I have Linux kernels for AT and PC98 configured as … |
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Post #AyiOE7DF2ymPXsps12 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Not to mention support. Oh the headaches of implementing a DOS … |
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Post #AyiOKNr25P9SteR7uC by [email protected] |
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@josh yeah, not having to write XFree86Config is great... But at what cost 😢 |
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Post #AyiOV796Y3jsGH0Rto by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Oh definitely. A couple of years back I had to write a bit-bash… |
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Post #AyiOWMcsTkJ4YuWoUq by [email protected] |
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@joe hmmm, a 486dx2 @66? It should offer a usable experience with a busybox roo… |
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Post #AyiOcFx2D0J5b7lZ5c by [email protected] |
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@josh node, on its own, is okay - but the ecosystem :blobcat_thisisfine: |
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Post #AyiOdWgRU2yVmXbvhA by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina yeah i've been meaning to give it a try again with TinyCore |
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Post #AyiOnPTt7KAOL7S3jU by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Cool question. I'm still using Fluxbox here, which I though… |
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Post #AyiQ23ZWxMEegidfGq by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I have run (modern-ish) fvwm and rxvt-unicode on a Pentium II c… |
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Post #AyiQNemFp71W9vtEVE by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Hm, even openbsd needs 32mb for i386 just for base. Netbsd nee… |
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Post #AyiU17O9gGp83H7sDA by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina My memory is fuzzy, but back when 16MB was standard, I think we… |
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Post #AyiWrncQ7CuRzc2wF6 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina lubuntu was interesting at least 10 years ago when it preferred… |
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Post #AyiaH8EMuuFB1QZFPE by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I think I'd reach for Tiny Core Linux. 16 megs is apt to b… |
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Post #AyiaXbjB12Y18dplg0 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina or Kolibri if you don't strictly need a Linux. |
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Post #AyibPnyFiD3mkOjFey by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I was thinking about this, as I do repeatedly, when booting up … |
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Post #Ayic7FPfYg7mJHGfmC by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina well, modern desktops require more power because stuff wants to… |
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Post #Ayic7M034Kn0jqKoJU by [email protected] |
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Post #AyicidOPMiQlOcVOd6 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Time to bring back AfterStep. I |
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Post #AyinqUpCCgdcdSzDzE by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I think a lot of the fundamental parts that make a modern syste… |
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Post #AyitgcUFScT3EDrWSG by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina in the late 2000s I got my first laptop, it was an used iBook G… |
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Post #Ayj6yf1O4hl9hoIOB6 by [email protected] |
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@elb same experience here. I recently streamed my Pentium II machine; its Debia… |
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Post #Ayj7HKVsY2cRbQSZpw by [email protected] |
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@bthylafh Kolibri is a good idea generally. Though it doesn't run on 486 wi… |
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Post #Ayj7ZKcWt72x9E9e8u by [email protected] |
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@bytex64 indeed, I had a decent experience with modern Qt on my Pentium II! But… |
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Post #Ayj7iS6sPa2CyxhMO0 by [email protected] |
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@pulkomandy Windows 95 could have been great if there were security patches and… |
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Post #Ayj8qKyAwWfR6jx5tY by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina yes, it's Windows, you don't compile things yourself, y… |
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Post #AyjASBtdE2cHvSRNq4 by [email protected] |
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@pulkomandy pretty cool, thanks for sharing! |
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Post #AyjGVTbkQjkXS11eN6 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I'd be interested in more information about that custom-bui… |
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Post #AyjKn2h1daBb0N7r0q by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] @[email protected] oh no now I want… |
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Post #AyjLOGSdPa32Q68x0q by [email protected] |
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@vijfhoek @pulkomandy you will need patches to support high CPU speed and patch… |
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Post #AyjLbpWGNNequtJDvc by [email protected] |
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@elb I got the latest buildroot on my desktop PC, choose the kernel I want (twe… |
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Post #AykZKyXPBZVGTpf0sa by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Would you believe Contiki? There's a graphical desktop on … |
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Post #AylAcfTSV0YMs778j2 by [email protected] |
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@bthylafh I mean, of course I would :) it's not the only graphical desktop … |
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Post #AymlyjIEs68UY7D1Zw by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina i was going to suggest netbsd - it is good at being small and p… |
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Post #AynFjIZUw9R1xFq8Xo by [email protected] |
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@jaredj we tried FreeBSD 8 on this machine, the last official distribution - ha… |
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Post #AynlqgwVv9BM6KAsnQ by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Ah I see. Yes, similarly, I have a Thinkpad 600x (Pentium 3? 25… |
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Post #AynvKwL098CS7f7uuO by [email protected] |
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@pulkomandy @jaredj I love the statement that a system for modern computers ca… |
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Post #Ayp6QlCnk3sdzJEGSO by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @jaredj it's a somewhat controâersial thing in Haiku,tactu… |
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Post #Ays9hRL9ji2edWf5jk by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina That's thanks mostly to Plug-and-Play. You don't need g… |
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Post #AysAT1Uj8IXINTpODY by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Systemd is a lot more lightweight than its reputation gives it … |
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Post #AysCpgf4xIiaKlbYHI by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Windows 10 can just barely boot with some ridiculously small am… |
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Post #AysGF20P2ILfdJM6AS by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @josh or you could just store the device descriptor in ROM :> |
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Post #AysGPiQs9Gs276paKm by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @argv_minus_one That works for some thing, but you'd need a… |
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Post #AysGoyfutbOVjFuiCO by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @joe I actually know the answer: I used to use Vortex a lot; th… |
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Post #AysH0VQjSB5YVDJBIW by [email protected] |
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@pulkomandy Note that it is not impossible to render TrueType fonts on a 486. I… |
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Post #AysH0VWl5luQnu7zgu by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @pulkomandy things like anti-aliasing are major CPU-eaters, yes… |
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Post #AysHgtSiUeBhCORsFU by [email protected] |
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@josh @argv_minus_one I mean, you need a driver anyways? And if the device says… |
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Post #AysHh8Nb1y0LSrAUqm by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @nina_kali_nina @joe would you have to make your own motherboar… |
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Post #AysHh8VkXeWhs8z0Yi by [email protected] |
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@0x2ba22e11 @argv_minus_one @joe I cannot find a single BIOS that would support… |
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Post #AysHq9IH08tWuDydf6 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @argv_minus_one Yeah. Look at, say, Windows PNP HIDs. Windows a… |
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Post #AysIpwsDHOxML5Fw3c by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @argv_minus_one Something else I just thought of. Ye olde game … |
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Post #AysJJi9MaLwRMYTBRI by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @argv_minus_one @joe ah it makes sense that firmware would be t… |
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Post #AysJJiFODwlJfFHzpg by [email protected] |
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@0x2ba22e11 @argv_minus_one @joe Except many SIMMs were 70-100ns, some really g… |
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Post #AysLQXD1rTHvMjZ8k4 by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina I take it the 486 does not have the ability to prefetch memory … |
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Post #AysLQXJPTkONgWYEgi by [email protected] |
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@0x2ba22e11 I honestly have no idea ;( I know there is a small cache, at least |
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Post #AysLrXIZdYNvSh2CnI by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @argv_minus_one 1920x1080 is only 7 times as many pixels as 640… |
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Post #AysLyMc1laHkLWODLM by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina A 1GHz 486? That would probably be the world's fastest non-… |
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Post #AysNDDRqDmPuDnGrVw by [email protected] |
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@pulkomandy Seconded. My childhood 486 would happily render TrueType text at 12… |
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Post #AysNDDYDq3WMXaFxSa by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @pulkomandy Very good argument, yeah... |
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Post #AysNR8ujsJJODKQcs4 by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @joe I recommend them, they're very fun! https://www.vorte… |
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Post #AysODWqCDeE2JzNMIK by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina @0x2ba22e11 @argv_minus_one once you get past the hardware limi… |
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@joe Windows 3.1, amusingly enough, DGAF and will work perfectly in a VM on mod… |
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Post #AysXKFJWgJCjZqN9tY by [email protected] |
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@argv_minus_one @joe @0x2ba22e11 at the same time, Windows 3.1 cannot use over … |
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Post #AysbrYGNeIpDii2PuS by [email protected] |
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@nina_kali_nina Ahh, that's why the limit is there: it's a limitation o… |
