On 28/01/2014 09:52 PM, Warp wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> I know I ran Linux (Debian Potato) on my Amiga 1200, and it was slow to
>> the point of being laughable. Meanwhile, the native OS was trippy fast -
>> faster than some of today's modern PCs, 20 years later. Then again, I
>> suspect that X11 doesn't know how to do custom trickery with the Blitter
>> chip...
>
> Perhaps we could compare Linux to AmigaOS running on a PC at
> 1920x1080 32bpp.

I think comparing Linux to AmigaOS running on the exact same device is a 
reasonable comparison. They both have the same hardware to play with, 
after all...

Comparing AmigaOS to Linux running on a PC that's 20 years newer ought 
to be an unfair comparison. (Which is why it's surprising that AmigaOS 
doesn't look laughably underpowered.)

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