Pete wrote:
> offered Windows' functions, but with better use of resources.
>
> The more that I use this setup, the more I prefer it to W3.1. IMHO it
> is much easier to browse the HD and use e-mail. This is a far cry from
> the original purpose of the Disk Operating System. How far can DOS be
> pushed?
> DOS is inherently limited.
> Windows is inherently slow and large.
> Linux is ....?
...inherently enigmatic and time demanding.
>
hi,
once I installed a Linux mini-distrib called Pygmy on my 486/66, 4Mb Ram
Laptop. It worked well and had an extra pcmcia support package. You could
easily install it on an existing dos partition. The CLI mode was fine, but I
didn't try GUI, guess it will be slow. But with at least 8Mb Ram there
should be no problem.
I removed it after I found all these
amazing dos-ports of linux-programs on the web, because I rather go for a
fast quick 'n dirty system than a decent slow one (now speaking about
bootsequences, as booting this small linux took as long as booting a
sophisticated NT system.).
HTH,
Ioannis
