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    SubjectRe: Crap: CONFIG_RANDOM and TCP FILTER


    On Sat, 25 May 1996, Lauri Tischler wrote:

    > > A 4M linux box functions very well as a small router or 4 port term server
    > > or X terminal. I have a 2M compaq laptop which is a very useful tool for
    > > all sorts of small tasks, ie traceroute,ping,ftp,telnet via ppp or ethernet.
    > > Makes a cheap sniffer with tcpdump.
    Yeah, a _very_ small router. And an X terminal? The XFree86 docs say that
    X functions _very slowly_ under 4 meg. They recommend at least 8 meg to
    do any real work.

    >
    > For a limited function box comparable to multimeter or oscilloscope
    > or cisco-router or dumb terminal or sniffer, a tiny Linuxbox serves
    > very well indeed.
    Yep. A tiny Linux box (fast 386, maybe slow 486) is fine for these
    things, but as far as being usable as a real tool for running serious
    apps or for heavy routing, no way.

    >
    > For desktop workstation you need more resourses. Some ballpark
    > figure for minimum acceptable workstation performance in _commercial_
    > environment is the capability to compile a full kernel in less than
    > 60 min.
    Sixty minutes? I'd say 30-45 minutes shold be all the more you should
    need for a kernel build for an acceptable workstation. That's on a
    Pentium 75 or 90. If you have a fast Pentium, or a PPro, then of course..
    but that's off-topic.

    Derrik Pates
    dpates@cemrc.nmsu.edu



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