Yep, I clearly remember it took just about 8 hours to compile a kernel on a 486 ...

rconti on Jan 22, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux on a 486SX

Yep, I clearly remember it took just about 8 hours to compile a kernel on a 486 with 4MB of RAM. Upgrading to 16GB was a $400 proposition at the time, but when I finally got new hardware, I was shocked to realize this whole kernel-compiling thing was supposed to take minutes.