One of the things I find anoying about minix is having multiple compilers (just bcc and gcc). Just using one compiler (gcc in linux) really helps adhere to the KISS principle. But as Robert Blum points out, gcc is a hog. I guess this is why we see the 1.7 Meg buffer caches. While paging might be nice, you still have to reload gcc N times to compile an N module program, for the typical makefile. The only other way I see around the huge buffer cache is to implement the sticky bit to keep a pr...

Hi Linuxers! As arl pointed out in an earlier posting, there was no directory to put images or files in on tupac-amaru. This has now changed, so if anybody wants to upload something, just change to /pub/msdos/replace/incoming. This should be writeable to the world. So arl, would you please be so kind and upload the new images? Thank you! Oh, before I forget it: Is nobody out there working on concrete projects? I've still got no mail with any extensions to the TODO list.... And again the que...