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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
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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.