> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: field.engin...@gmail.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: [OT I think] Which Distro? >Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:20:04 -0800 > >>Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Jimmy Johnson wrote: >>>> I imagine the arguments where similar when operating systems >moved from >>>> 16 bit to 32 bit. ;) >>> >>> I have never heard of 16 bit userland and a 32 bit kernel, though. >In >>> the present case in a sense you can have the best of both worlds >on one >>> system. 8-) >>> >>> Has there ever been an official 16 bit linux kernel? >> >>I could be wrong but I think the closest would be Minix '87 running >on >>8086, Linus was not doing his thing until '91 or maybe later, he may > >>have started on a 8086, not sure. >>-- >>Jimmy Johnson >> >>Bakersfield, CA. U.S.A. >>Registered Linux User #380263 >>K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid) >> According to my archives, Tannenbaum did Minix first in 1987 for an 8086 256K PC system; Linus' famous email asking for inputs on his "hobby" O/S said it was for 386 AT systems; this in 1991. Larry >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d >ebian.org >> >> >>
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