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282 points paulnpace | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 02:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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fujigawa ◴[22 Oct 25 03:34 UTC] No.45664664[source]▶

The most compact, minimalist general purpose OS out there by far. Tiny memory footprint and loaded with network services built-in.

Linux has become so bloated its users can't in good conscience make fun of Microsoft anymore, they are worse.

Debian refuses to install with less than 512MB RAM, the text only installer will choke with less than that, it's pathetic. That's a console-only install, no GUI.

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mna_ ◴[22 Oct 25 07:47 UTC] No.45665994[source]▶

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No love for NetBSD?

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1. anthk ◴[23 Oct 25 08:40 UTC] No.45679626[source]▶

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I'd leave NetBSD for sub Pentium III machines, where OpenBSD's KALR and some security features would hurt the performance notability. If you have a Pentium Pro/II@300 MHZ machine with 64-128MB of RAM NetBSD would be a nice choice.

You can always install cwm, oksh and some nice OpenBSD software from pkgin.

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