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Re:I work in DOS for a day (2014) by citrin_ru on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:18AM (#27745894)
It's depend on what is considered usable for daily tasks. I don't think there is a modern OS as small as DOS which can run FireFox or Chromium, but NetBSD and OpenBSD have kernels smaller than FreeBSD and much smaller than Linux, but still can run most modern open-source software including browsers.
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Re:I work in DOS for a day (2014) by amatecha on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:52PM (#27752761)
Yeah, I've got OpenBSD installed on my iMac G4 from ~2002. Runs fine, quite well in fact (and is fully up to date with modern security features)! Now if I were to put an SSD in there, it would be even better! Hmmm... weekend project added to the list... ;)
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Re:I work in DOS for a day (2014) by tenebrisalietum on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:09PM (#27751382)
Menuet32/64 is pretty small, and I think it runs a Webkit browser.
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