Subj : Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
To   : boraxman
From : Arelor
Date : Sat May 28 2022 05:05:16

  Re: Re: Am I the only one dumpster diving ?
  By: boraxman to Nightfox on Sat May 28 2022 09:07 pm

 > I'm surprised the Linux version ran better.  Maybe better compilation leadin
 > to more optimised code?  Could be a better memory model.
 > 
 > I started using Linux in 2000, so by that time, distro's were a bit heavier 
 > was the kernel.

Actually, with the current kernel's modular structure you can have an enormous
kernel without having to commit more than 15% of it to memory :-)

Slackware's prefered kernel is a light one which only contains the basics. It
loads everything else it needs as modules. Building and rebuilding this setup
is automated.

I am sure you could have an even smaller kernel than that if you commited time
to it. Tiny Core Linux has a minimum requerinment of 8 megs of RAM or something
of that sort...


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