[jingo]

There is only one question I ask to Minix: How much space and time does it take these days to compile a Minix kernel?

The current system I use takes about 220MB of RAM and about 15min on an underpowered netbook. (It is not Linux but still has decent hardware support.)

Of course I'm also curious what other folks who compile their own Linux kernels see as their "minimum" requirements.