Re: Flintstone Linux.

From: The Ghost In The Machine (ewill_at_sirius.athghost7038suus.net)
Date: 12/03/03 

Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:00:16 GMT

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Kadaitcha Man
<nospam@rainx.cjb.net>
 wrote
on Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:10:11 -0800 (PST)
<QPl0sHfDvisw0B4324E7zjnQYSypWzyc@win.wwiinn.com>:
> Nate McSorley wrote:
>
>> It crawls along on an Abit Pentium 3 gigahurtz board with 2g of DDR
>> dual channel ram.
>> I am using SUSE 9.0 as if it matters at all because Redhat sucked even
>> more.
>
> I am using Mandrake 9.1 on a dual 2.8GHz Xeon system with 2GB of registered
> dual channel DDR and it runs, well, not quite like treacle on a cold day,
> but it is far from snappy. I put it down to linux perpetually computing
> uptime so the linuxfux have something to brag about.
>

Why not put WinXP Professional or Server on that system
so that it'll zip along and do what you want, then?

Is there a reason you need Linux on that box? 

-- 
#191, ewill3@earthlink.net
It's still legal to go .sigless.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Flintstone Linux.
    ... Nate McSorley wrote: ... > dual channel ram. ... > I am using SUSE 9.0 as if it matters at all because Redhat sucked even ... dual channel DDR and it runs, well, not quite like treacle on a cold day, ...
    (alt.os.linux.suse)
  • Re: RAM Question
    ... "Greg" wrote in message ... "dual channel RAM" is just a manufacturer packaging two architecturally identical modules in a convenient form for buyers. ... Two RAM modules bought separately can be successfully used in dual channel operation if they are architecturally identical, and "dual channel" pairs of modules can be used in systems that don't support dual channel operation. ... I am not certain that your statement that "I didn't know that this PC didnt support Dual Channel Ram" is correct. ...
    (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)
  • Re: Dual channel RAM ??
    ... Johanna wrote: ... Does it improve performance when you're using lots of applications? ... You've recently come across information about dual channel memory in ... Stop worrying about dual channel RAM. ...
    (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt)
  • Re: RAM Question
    ... "Greg" wrote in message ... "dual channel RAM" is just a manufacturer packaging two architecturally identical modules in a convenient form for buyers. ... Two RAM modules bought separately can be successfully used in dual channel operation if they are architecturally identical, and "dual channel" pairs of modules can be used in systems that don't support dual channel operation. ... I am not certain that your statement that "I didn't know that this PC didnt support Dual Channel Ram" is correct. ...
    (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)
  • Re: RAM Question
    ... Tom Scales wrote: ... "dual channel RAM" is just a manufacturer packaging two architecturally identical modules in a convenient form for buyers. ... Two RAM modules bought separately can be successfully used in dual channel operation if they are architecturally identical, and "dual channel" pairs of modules can be used in systems that don't support dual channel operation. ... I am not certain that your statement that "I didn't know that this PC didnt support Dual Channel Ram" is correct. ...
    (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)