From: Sandy Harris <sandy@storm.ca>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unbloating the kernel, was: :mem=16MB laptop testing
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:06:35 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F8CE3EB.8040907@storm.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031014143047.GA6332@ncsu.edu>
jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu wrote:
> Let me concur with the sentiments on this thread.
Me too.
> ... There are many people who will never be able to afford
> to buy a computer but could find someone to give them one of these
> "hopelessy outdated" machines for nothing.
Some people may be able to get more than one. A year or two
back a peniless friend of mine built quite a nice environment
for himself with two 486 boxes and a pile of SPARC IIs.
Also, there are server applications that don't need much. For
example, a firewall and NAT box for an ADSL line, or a print
spooler or ...
You could even build a Beowulf out of such machines
http://stonesoup.esd.ornl.gov/
> If we can ensure that
> Linux keeps working on these machines, it will be a good thing.
Indeed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-15 6:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-14 11:44 Unbloating the kernel, was: :mem=16MB laptop testing Marco Fioretti
2003-10-14 12:02 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-10-14 13:24 ` Rik van Riel
2003-10-14 14:30 ` jlnance
2003-10-14 14:54 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-10-14 16:27 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-10-14 17:33 ` John Bradford
2003-10-14 17:51 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-10-15 12:43 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-15 13:06 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-10-15 16:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-10-15 13:08 ` Nick Piggin
2003-10-17 11:50 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-17 23:21 ` Nick Piggin
2003-10-14 18:35 ` tabris
2003-10-14 21:11 ` Roger Larsson
2003-10-15 11:45 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-15 13:06 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-10-15 13:22 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-24 15:47 ` bill davidsen
2003-10-15 6:06 ` Sandy Harris [this message]
2003-10-24 15:59 ` bill davidsen
2003-10-24 16:55 ` M. Fioretti
2003-10-24 17:14 ` bill davidsen
2003-10-25 17:42 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-10-28 9:12 ` Rob Landley
2003-10-14 21:43 ` Unbloating the kernel, action list M. Fioretti
2003-10-14 22:30 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-10-14 22:56 ` cliff white
2003-10-15 12:48 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-15 13:10 ` William Lee Irwin III
2003-10-15 15:05 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-19 11:21 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-10-21 8:04 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-15 18:16 ` Gabriel Paubert
2003-10-16 5:19 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-16 8:16 ` Gabriel Paubert
2003-10-16 16:16 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-10-17 20:26 ` M. Fioretti
2003-10-17 20:10 ` M. Fioretti
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