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11.23.09

The Smallest OS in the West

An operating system so small, if you drop it on the carpet you might lose it
By Dave Prochnow Posted 04.22.2009 at 11:10 am 3 Comments

Are you torn between two lovers, thinking back lovingly to those simple days of disk-based operating systems that could fit on a 1.44MB disk but remaining steadfastly enamored of a graphical user interface (GUI)? Hold on, Romeo: you can rekindle those passions, and it's only 10MB away.

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