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userbinator 12 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What MS-DOS Can Do That Linux Can't

you could install it all on a floppy and boot in a few seconds.

The first practically usable Linux kernel was already much bigger than the DOS kernel + shell + many utilities.

Tor3 12 months ago [–]

Not sure what you mean by practically usable Linux kernel. It was perfectly possible to use the < 1.0 kernels on a floppy, with enough tools to do useful work.

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