In article <1992Aug19.214639.4442@amhux2.amherst.edu>, twpierce@amhux1.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
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> In article <1992Aug17.170914.20108@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> juengst@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) writes:
> 
> >Very nice. What do you think how long will anybody wait until the official
> >MINIX does have features like virtual memory, long file names, network
> >file system, X11 etc. ? I can't even use these technics today under MINIX
> >if I would buy a much better system (not 8088 PC). And why should I pay for
> >a new compiler, libraries and bug (!) patches again and again ?
> 
> If you're going to be running things like virtual memory and X on your
> PC, it's absurd to use anything less than a 386.  If you have a 386,
> you can run Linux.  What's your problem?

The problem is that MINIX has a micro kernel but it isn't a modular system
because there are no moduls (like X etc.).  :-(

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Henry

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