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BrandonOSes Suck
I wish I could find a good OS. I mean one where the base system can run on a 486 with 16MB RAM. Obviously, Firefox won't run on that config, but the desktop, file manager, simple text editor, calculator, image viewer, maybe a text html browser, task manager, all at the same time. I know it seems crazy, but Win3.1 could do it(I think), and probably other old OSes. How much ram does a basic command line linux use? Maybe with a custom desktop and apps set, Linux could be made to work?		2009-03-225:18 PM
trollyRe:OSes Suck
win 3.1 is not an OS but only a GUI for dos try win NT 3.5 else		2009-03-226:37 PM
ksrRe:OSes Suck
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182751 Seriously. IMO it was their best release. It's got USB support and everything.		2009-03-226:51 PM
BrandonRe:OSes Suck
Win98 on 486 with 16MB RAM? That would be horrible.		2009-03-227:08 PM
ksrRe:OSes Suck
Well with those specs I don't think anything other than DOS is going to run very nicely.		2009-03-227:10 PM
BrandonRe:OSes Suck
Win 3.1, GEM, GEOS, OS/2 :P		2009-03-227:19 PM
SonicBritRe:OSes Suck
As sad as it is, I grew up with dos, then later moved to windows (as thats what we used at school). I had os2 3 installed for a bit, before moving onto windows 95, which for the most part was stable never had many (like maybe 3) bsods, did have the registry go bad a couple of times though. I had windows 95a running on a 386 sx 16, with 16mb's of RAM, which whilst it took 2 minutes to boot up (which I guess given todays os's its not that bad), it was usable even had IE 3 installed and it worked well. So Brandon corrupt that poor 486, install windows 95, it'll never be the same ;)		2009-03-227:52 PM
ToddRe:OSes Suck
Windows 3.1 will run for sure but because of lack of hardware support thereof, it's kind of like having a Helen Keller computer, unless you have drivers to run in DOS or Windows 3.1. ;) Windows NT is good since it's 32-bit and should handle a lot of those things very nicely. Plus Nathan over at ToastyTech got it to run Firefox: http://toastytech.com/guis/ff2nt351.png B) Plus if all fails, you could make a GUI that'll run under it. :) That's another favorite motto of mine: "If it doesn't work, MAKE one that does!"		2009-03-228:22 PM
BrandonRe:OSes Suck
Oh did I mention, that it should be freeware.		2009-03-228:26 PM
SonicBritRe:OSes Suck
Wow I'm impressed they where able to run flash video on that, nt 3.51 is quite an interesting os, it looks windows 3.1 but can run windows 95 apps, I might have to dig out my old cd's for it		2009-03-228:28 PM
agumaRe:OSes Suck
Vetusware isn't suspended anymore, you can try OS/2 if you haven't yet.		2009-03-229:22 PM
ToddRe:OSes Suck
Yeah I was just on Vetusware today.		2009-03-2210:11 PM

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