Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 03:43:05PM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
Jimmy Johnson wrote:
I imagine the arguments where similar when operating systems moved from
16 bit to 32 bit. ;)

I have never heard of 16 bit userland and a 32 bit kernel, though. In
the present case in a sense you can have the best of both worlds on one
system. 8-)

OS/2 running dos/win programs in the "compatibility box".

Doug.


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