Hi,

If you have a choice and no preference use Linux. Using DOS is probably not
a very good idea - for one thing, Squeak generally assumes "reasonable file
name lengths" (as in: a few more than 8.3) and also (AFAIK) the DOS port
isn't actively managed.

The Windows/Linux VMs are comparable (hey, it's the same processor ;) and
since Squeak runs very well in both environments it's totally your pick. If
the /dev/fb stuff works (I haven't heard about it in a while) this would be
another clear advantage for Linux as you wouldn't have to share your machine
with a load of other apps (I don't know what the footprint of X11 is these
days; but you can probably expect a couple of MB to be essentially lost).

BTW, anyone ever looked into an SDL port? Might be interesting too, and
potentially give us /dev/fb for free...

Cheers,
  - Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Jack Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:01 PM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Lightweight Install?
> 
> 
> Hi gang,
> 
> I'm looking for options for an extremely lightweight install 
> on, say, a 
> Pentium 75 with about 32MB of RAM:
> 
>   - Win9x minimal install?
>   - Linux minimal install?
>   - DOS + DOS Squeak?
> 
> It would be nice to use an entirely free solution, something 
> like Linux 
> or FreeDOS or ReactOS (which probably isn't up to snuff yet).
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -Jack
> 
>