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On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:33:21 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> Too much bloat these days and Linux with all the rathead shit is
> becoming a nuisance.
Linux can be as small as you want. Look at Damn Small Linux, for example.
You can actually build a kernel to run on certain CPUs with no memory-
management hardware.
> We went to the moon in the sixties of last century and came back with
> computing power less than a Raspberry.
There was actually a whole lot of computing power on the ground, in the
form of those IBM mainframes, backing up the guys in space. Everything
they did had to be managed in coordination with ground control, all the
steps worked out in advance.
> Now astronuts get stuck on the ISS with billions of dollars and
> sup[p]er computers to do the work.
Bit more Government management of the process back then, bit more trust to
private corporations like Boeing, with its stellar reputation for
relentlessly pursuing reliability over profits, these days.
Coincidence? You be the judge.
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