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What to run on a new workstation?

by | Sep 12, 2007 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

New hardware for Jon and Laurence:

>> Now if you’ve got a 2 x dual CPUs, 6Gb ram , gigabit NIC etc.. then  
>> naturally you want an operating system that can make full use of this.  
>>   
>> Dell have supplied such a beast  
>>   
>> FreeDOS.  
>>   

Now we all know that Dell supply FreeDOS to keep the license and bundling police happy.. But what could you run on a new machine that’s less than useful..

Our ideas so far:

NetWare 2.2 with WordStar in the DOS memory
OS/2 Warp
DOS 6.2 with MAME as an arcade emulator
GNU/Hurd for the purists
Digital Research GEM
CP/M-86 with Wordstar and dBase II

So may sad ideas – here’s a list of current alternative OS:

http://www.freeos.com/compare/

What do you think?

Linux will not displace Windows – proof

by | Aug 31, 2007 | fun stuff, Linux, Uncategorized

Haha. This was forwarded to me and made me smile.

Why Linux will not displace Windows

Here’s the incredible response:

You are kidding arent you ?
 
Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services ?
That sounds preposterous to me.
If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without a windows. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realise that windows is more than just Office ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to acheive. A lot of people dont realise this.
Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.
Its just not possible that a freeware like the Linux could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer fron start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of windows. Not possible.
I think you need to re-examine your assumptions.
 
Posted by: jerryleecooper Posted on: 03/14/07