Linux Works (And Shines) On ANY Computer

[Hal Duston]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 04:19:29PM -0500, Billy Crook wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 15:07, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> 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 at 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 at 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 at charon:~# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:         11848      10812       1036          0        476       3372
-/+ buffers/cache:       6964       4884
Swap:        31144       1516      29628
root at charon:~#

Thanks,
--
Hal