Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: "obsolete" hardware | Date | 11 Jun 1997 18:23:34 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.Pine.A41.3.95.970611100110.79526D-100000@bdmg30.rgti.com>, yuri mironoff <yuri@buster.rgti.com> wrote: > > >On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Martin Mares wrote: > >> (2) Linux is certainly meant to offer much more than running CPU-eating >> X applications. Those other capabilities (including network routing and >> bridging) require only little CPU power and a quad P7 won't noticeably >> improve their performance, so why buy it instead of using an old 386 and >> saving $6000. Well written applications seldom need lots of CPU time. > > Give me a break - how many people are running Linux routers???
Me.
>And >before there is a slew of "I do"s - percentage wise! MOST of the time >you want horsepower - not the ability to route.
If you obey the percentages, you'll end up running Windows 95.
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