Re: CPU info

From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 10/18/05

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    >
    > I just recently did some fairly extensive research on CPUs (Athlon vs
    > Pentium, 64-bit vs 32-bit, etc.) regarding building a new system and
    > whether it should be a 64-bit one, and never came across any comparisons
    > of Semprons vs Celerons. In fact, they were only mentioned in passing in
    > the reviews as "economy" versions.

    I actually found some Sempron vs Celeron benchmarks (I think it was at
    AMDs site. But I can't find a comparison of either one against a real
    honest-to-god Pentium 4.

    >
    > Haven't used Mandrake since about version 8.something, but the one thing I
    > discovered during the 2 years I used Mandrake -- starting with 7.0 -- was
    > that the standard install sets up a lot of background processes that most
    > users don't need. By turning them off I was able to turn a rather sluggish
    > install of 7.0 and KDE on a 166MHz Pentium system with 64 MB of RAM into
    > something useable.

    One of the kickers is the MSN web site - that's our main e-mail right now.
    It has a bunch of busy *** that sometimes occupies mozilla or firefox
    nearly full time. Konqueror does not seem to have as much problem. At any
    rate, it's time for an upgrade, after about five years.

    >
    > My only experience with Ubuntu is with its LiveCD. Worked very
    > well. Recognized and configured everything without mistakes. Although,
    > it did take a long time boot. Playing with Mepis 3.3 right now after
    > using Fedora Core 3 for about 6 months. When I finished building my new
    > system, a 32-bit Athlon XP one, I'll probably install Fedora Core 4 on it
    > having liked 3.
    >
    > Stefan

    Right now on my 2.4 ghz P4 desktop, I have Ubuntu (updated to kubuntu
    desktop) for my main distro. I also have Elive installed and Mandrivel
    2005. (k)ubuntu is my choice right now, and that's what will probably go
    on new machine(s). I also do the internet computers at the local library
    and will probably shift from MDK 10.1 to Ubuntu this fall. I run an
    optimized Gentoo (stage one) on my mini-itx just because it is so damned
    fast.

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