On 03.08.2012 17:00, Marco van de Voort wrote:
On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 04:38:14PM +0200, Sven Barth wrote:
win2000 could run decently with 192MB, but is already deprecated (and was
always expensive). XP could run with 256MB, but barely, and the
requirements due to updates have increased over time. 384MB might be
doable, but I haven't tried in ages.
If I'd not run Linux on such a machine I'd prefer to use ReactOS (even
if it would crash every now and then) before going near a 9x. :)
Depends on if your source of machinery is homogenous (e.g. from some
enterprise range), or mis match.
I don't know much _practical_ about reactos, but I can imagine driver issues
on all sides.
As they are targetting binary compatibility with (currently) Windows
2003 you "just" need to get XP/2003 drivers. Older drivers might work as
well (For example I've successfully installed XP drivers for a WebCam on
Windows 7, so the NT kernel can handle older drivers quite a bit ;) )
Nevertheless I'm regularily reading their mailing lists and forums and
test a trunk version now and then. Especially to see whether Free Pascal
and Lazarus run (which they do ;) ).
Also it's magnificient to see a NT based OS booting so lighting fast
even on a VM :D (I myself have not yet tried it on hardware, but others
have and it's getting more stable by the week)
Regards,
Sven
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