[plug] hmmm Linus being opinionated again :-P

[Alex Polglaze]

Kev wrote:
> 
> Alex Polglaze wrote:
> 
>> This is an interesting comment. Linux is now so bloated, that where we 
>> were able to run machines with W98 and Wme on a network and now have 
>> converted them to Linux on the same network, they don't have enough 
>> memory to run.
>>
>> We have had to upgrade the memory 4 fold, just to keep the machine 
>> usable.
>>
>> Not a good ad for Linux, I'm afraid.
> 
> 
> Yes, I'm glad someone else said that.  Most typical, packaged, desktop 
> distros of Linux need as many hardware resources as their equivalent 
> Windoze solutions.  The days of using those old boxes and still getting 
> modern performance out of them are long gone for most Linux users.

Except this isn't an old m/c. It is an Intel x86 Family 6 Pentium III. It is only 2 years old.


Alex