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0 pointsmatjazdrolc5y ago0 comments

Surely it can be packed as an Electron app?

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I wouldn’t be surprised if a stripped-to-the-bone installation of WinXP in a VM, running only Paint, is lighter on system resources than Electron running this.

jaclaz5y ago

A very basic XP install with a GUI can fit in 20-30 MB[1][2][3], using minlogon, but even with a "standard" Winlogon it should be below 50 MB, so it surely would take less disk space than the hypothetical 100 MB electron based version.

[1] http://reboot.pro/topic/3717-xpsp1-with-full-commandline-and...

[2]http://reboot.pro/topic/16765-minixp/

[3]http://mistyprojects.co.uk/documents/MiniXP/

CyberDildonics5y ago

Why would you do that? If it runs in a web page, it could be condensed to a single .html file.

chowderman5y ago

It can be packed very easily actually! It is a single HTML file, so you can easily embed it into an electron app or a webview if you wanted. Only problem is it would bring the total size to ~100 MB instead of ~1 MB, and would be tough to make it a single .exe file.

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