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by jotm 1497 days ago
When I first stumbled upon it in the very early 00's people were hyped about it fitting on a floppy (the "save" icon :P). Pretty amazing even today.
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Same. And to be honest, since I played with it as a teenager, MenuetOS pretty always come to my mind when I see how we waste computing ressources nowadays.

Of course I know that MenuetOS fitting in a floppy is more a challenge for the author than something we should aim for for regular software. But still, I sometimes calculate in my mind "how much MenuetOS floppies is this" when I download and use some basic app written in Electron. Even a lot of websites are heavier than that.

I think MenuetOS and a modern app are two extremes and I say to myself that we should aim for some just middle.