> > that you can't have more than 4090 processes in linux. and other that
> > linux handles lots of processes terribly slow.
> 
> For 2.2 kernels, you are too high, the limit without changes was 
> set to 1024 processes, though I'm not 100% sure on that.

change in tasks.h - 4092 is maximum you could put.
 
> The new Linux kernels has a scalable process limit, adjustable at runtime.

no thanks - no 2.4.* kernel in linux. even windoze is better ;)