On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 04:19:29PM -0500, Billy Crook wrote:
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 15:07, Leo Mauler [email protected] wrote:
Linux can run on modern quad-core processors, but you can strip it down to run on
FAIL. Nobody wants things stripped down. When people have to strip down their system to keep it fast, is is almost always because the hardware is old or underpowered. Obsolete hardware interferes with the wishes and productivity of the user. If you ripped all the seats and upholstery out of your car, you'd get better mileage, and faster acceleration. When you go to a drive-thru, you don't ask if you can have your cheeseburger faster if they skip the pickles. Nobody does
LETTUCE. I always ask them to skip the LETTUCE.
that, because people want the real deal. Strip out the ABS, power steering, the radio, etc... It might still run, and drive. NOBODY
I'm pretty sure that NASCAR doesn't have ABS, power steering, radio, etc. I'm also pretty sure they run, and drive.
WANTS IT THOUGH. And if you have to strip anything out, to make it work reasonably fast, the hardware is just slow, and old, and obsolete. New computers really aren't that overpriced. Buy some.
They might not be overpriced, but they still cost the same as a months worth of groceries, or a car payment. If I got rid of all my old computers, I'd be back to pencil and paper.
Linux is not magic Leo. It won't make a 200mhz Pentium Pro perform like anything manufactured in the last year, no matter how much you strip out.
Granted this isn't a 200mhz Pentium Pro (it's older and slower), but it does what I need.
root@charon:~# uname -a Linux charon 2.6.23.9 #1 Tue Dec 4 17:23:50 CST 2007 i586 Pentium 75 - 200 GenuineIntel GNU/Linux root@charon:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 5 model : 2 model name : Pentium 75 - 200 stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 100.296 cache size : 0 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 bogomips : 203.30 clflush size : 32 root@charon:~# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 11848 10812 1036 0 476 3372 -/+ buffers/cache: 6964 4884 Swap: 31144 1516 29628 root@charon:~#
Thanks, -- Hal