*nix on "classic" systems

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Apr 11, 2007, at 3:35 PM, Chris M wrote:
>>> You can still run Debian sarge (the second-last
>> version; it was the most
>>> current release until a few days ago) with a 2.2.20
>>> kernel.  Even with a
>>> 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel it isn't that bloated.  It runs
>>> fine on my 486sx25
>>> with 32 MB of RAM, and would run okay with 16MB.
>>
>>> I've always felt the BSD distributions are better if
>> you want something
>>> really bare and basic, though.
>>
>>> Jim
>>
>>  I really don't think it's realistic to operate a
>> modern computer w/a non-windowed environment these
>> days.
> 
>   Interesting.  I'm assuming from this statement that you haven't been 
> in many datacenters.

Or used a mainframe.

Peace...  Sridhar