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mark-r on April 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Make Linux Fast Again (2019)

If you think a 486 is sufficient for reading textual content and running a word processor and spreadsheet, you haven't been paying attention to software bloat. A 486 would have a hard time just booting a modern OS, never mind the application software.

geofft on April 10, 2020 [–]

Dig up a copy of WordPerfect 6 from somewhere, no need to boot a modern OS.

(More to the point - the solution to software bloat isn't to get rid of security protections so that the bloat has room to grow.)

LargoLasskhyfv on April 10, 2020 | [–]

Could use Geoworks also. Pointy clicky on even XTs, it would absolutely fly on any 486.

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