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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I’m going to have to add this to my toolkit.

    However:

    As a fork of 32-bit MenuetOS back in 2004, KolibriOS has since followed its own course, sticking to the x86 codebase and requiring only a modest system with an i586-compatible CPU, 8 MB of RAM and VESA-compatible videocard.

    Does anyone know of an i486-SX compatible at least semi-modern linux distro? I’ve got a 486 with a 5.25” and 3.5” drive and I really want to be able to image some of the 5.25” disks I have laying around before more bit rot occurs.











  • I think you missed (or ignored I suppose) part of his statement that data caps can reduce overall (across multiple subscribers in an area) used simultaneous bandwidth. People say “I can pull 1Gbit/sec, but I know I’ll hit my cap if I do that perpetually, so I’ll just do short bursts here and there when I need it”. This puts people in the mindset not to push their max data speeds all day/month long. Doing so reduces the possibility that everyone in an area (likely using the same data backbone) will ask for all their speed at the same time. This means that the backbone can be smaller and support a higher number of subscribers.

    I completely agree on not having much choice though. And thats really what needs to change in many places.