The main reason is Minix lack of networking support. One of the class projects will be to work on Minix's network support, but it is very limited. I know Linux, even in the early days, had a better networking model. That, and for the bragging rights of "I got Linux to run on a 286 with 640K of memory!" :-) Jay On Friday 15 February 2002 12:38 pm, you wrote: > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Jay Kline wrote: > > I recently got a Laptop to help out in my OS class for school. Its a > > Compaq 286LE. It has 640K memory, and 10Mb disk drive (not sure if its > > AT or what yet). Currently it has Minix installed on it (for class) but > > when my class is done, I want to see if I can get Linux to run on it. > > While the thread has been well answered, I just have to ask: why? I > personally would be more inclined to mess around with minix on such a > laptop. > > -Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list