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Lyskar 12210     -The Chaos within trumps the Chaos without- Level: 192      Posts: 2847/12211 EXP: 99321000 For next: 552571 Since: 07-03-07 From: 52-2-88-7 Since last post: 7.4 years Last activity: 7.3 years
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sophie497 Who? Level: 40 Posts: 279/319 EXP: 418634 For next: 22675 Since: 07-22-07 Since last post: 12.6 years Last activity: 4.5 years
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| Huh, that's weird... when I tried to install 7 on my laptop, Setup BSoD'd if I set the VRAM below 32 MB (and didn't proceed because it didn't have enough RAM anyway).
So either he installed it on a different PC and then moved the installation on the older one, or my laptop just plain sucks I guess 
Either way, pretty impressive. ____________________ Wonder Panorama: Sophie's Bilingual Blog |
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11360  Buy me a trip to the moon So I can laugh at my mistakes 
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Knave Member Level: 13 Posts: 1/26 EXP: 9087 For next: 1180 Since: 06-21-09 Since last post: 12.8 years Last activity: 11.7 years
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| This is actually a lot easier to do than you might think.
The MinWin "kernel", if you can even call it that, is actually extremely small and self-contained. From the start, Windows has always been an operating system that's about a large, interconnected network of separate features that form its base functionality. The idea of the MinWin system is to make a single set of components that can operate independently of all of the crapware you might see in earlier Windows releases. I mean, MS isn't going to release just the MinWin kernel (which is a shame, because a command-line-only Windows system that allowed for optional management of components by the user would basically kick Linux in the balls), but there have been tech demos of just MinWin running on extremely low-power machines while maintaining basic functionality. We haven't seen a 25 MB operating system since megs were the new gig. I had more to say, but I forgot. Something about how 7's powered by MinWin and you should really have the ability to turn off all the shine. ____________________ Three tomatoes are walking down the street -- a papa tomato, a mama tomato, and a baby tomato. The baby tomato starts lagging behind, so the papa tomato takes a few steps back, squishes it, and says 'Ketchup!'. |
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Xkeeper Level: 263  Posts: 11415/25353 EXP: 297140659 For next: 1819794 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: they/them/???????? Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 56 min.
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11360 Buy me a trip to the moon So I can laugh at my mistakes
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Knave Member Level: 13 Posts: 7/26 EXP: 9087 For next: 1180 Since: 06-21-09 Since last post: 12.8 years Last activity: 11.7 years
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| Tiny Core Linux is a bad example of this, as you DO have to install everything you want, and having any desktop environment at all pushes your size marker through the roof, comparatively. TCL is just the kernel with no adornments and barebones functionality. MinWin is similar to this, yes, but I am far more impressed with these shrunken versions of Windows XP/NT that Xkeeper seems to have displayed here.
See, this is why I dislike OS OSes -- a lot of them boast being small and superlightweight, but they do so at a complete sacrifice of functionality, and are better suited, like something along the lines of GeekOS or another educational operating system, for educational or experimental use. This gives me an idea. I forgot what I was going to say again. I will continue this train of thought later. ____________________ Three tomatoes are walking down the street -- a papa tomato, a mama tomato, and a baby tomato. The baby tomato starts lagging behind, so the papa tomato takes a few steps back, squishes it, and says 'Ketchup!'. |
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