Subj : Re: 386 OS/2 Woes...
To   : Tracker1
From : Vorlon
Date : Tue May 09 2023 15:00:52

Hi Tracker1,

 On Saturday May 06 2023, Tracker1 said to Vorlon:

 Vo>> What the avreage person dosn't understand is that due to that products
 Vo>> bloat it takes a tank to run... Do the same task on Linux/BSD and it
 Vo>> will run with a quarter of the requirements.

 T> I tend to run relatively OP to begin with... but there are some really
 T> lean Windows images out there.  Amazing how much can be ripped out,
 T> though some images probably tear out too much imo.  I wouldn't yank
 T> defender or uap myself.

The issue with the stripped out versions is the lack of a component that you
then find is needed... I played around with XP-Nuke (I think that was it's
name), back in the day, and it was then a task to re-build the system.


\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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