GUI

[Tim Writer]

"Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <lists-Gb8Tj4xcA4YgsBAKwltoeQ at public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, James Knott wrote:
> > I have found the multitasking in OS/2 to be better than Linux and far
> > better still than Windows.
> 
> Since I haven't used OS/2 in years, I don't have a good comparison.
> I do recall having some fun with a friend: the two of us played a video
> while launching a large application.  The then new Windows 95 couldn't
> handle it on a fully loaded Pentium 166.  OS/2, on my 486 DX-50, skipped
> a few frames but the audio was continuous.  I never tried comparing it
> to Linux.  In those days, Linux could do a fraction of what OS/2 or
> Windows could.

Yes, the WPS was arguably better integrated than desktops available for Linux
(olwm, twm, fvwm) at that time but I'm not convinced that OS/2 could do more.
I ran OS/2 2.0 and Linux (SLS w/ kernel 0.98) on a 486/33 w/ 8MB RAM.  Linux
swapped less and felt much more responsive than OS/2.  While the EMX
environment for OS/2 was decent, I much preferred the real thing (i.e. Linux,
GNU, and other free software).  Undoubtably, there were (expensive)
applications available for OS/2 that weren't available for Linux but Linux
also had functionality and applications that weren't available for OS/2 or
simply ran better in a "real" UNIX environment.  Since I had a UNIX heritage,
Linux proved much more useful to me.

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