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1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 09:49:42 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

   Watching this video on installing 1993 Slackware on a period computer, and the amazing thing is that their 386 compiles the kernel in half an hour:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tHBZkYzM4k

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 09:50:16 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     I now want to go through different kernel versions and time how long they take to compile on period-accurate hardware

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 09:55:53 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • XenoPhage :verified:

     @XenoPhage 1.1.1!

   • XenoPhage :verified: (xenophage@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 09:55:54 JST XenoPhage :verified:

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     @foone is this Slackware 1.0? I still have this cd sitting on my shelf!

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 10:07:20 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • 四

     @yon oh yeah, I did that too. I ran a linux server as a router in '99, and had to compile the kernel quite a few times. But I remember it taking about half an hour, even on much faster hardware (AMD K6-300) than this 33mhz 386.

   • 四 (yon@sakurajima.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 10:07:21 JST 四

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     @foone I compiled the Linux kernel on a P90 back in 1996. And a dual P100 slightly later:) It was kinda part of what you did. To get the right drivers etc.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 10:07:56 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     I suspect that "about 30 minutes" has been relatively constant since the early 90s

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 10:19:07 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Tofu :blobcatace:​

     @tofu good question. because this 33mhz 386 in '93 isn't "period accurate", really: a low-end 486 was quite affordable in that time (that's how my family ended up with one!), and Pentiums were right around the corner/already available

   • Tofu :blobcatace:​ (tofu@is-a.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 10:19:09 JST Tofu :blobcatace:​

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     @foone What is period accurate hardware even? I mean, would you consider a HEDT manycore chip to be contemporary now? In that case, it would take far less to compile the kernel.