Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 22, 2006 12:06 AM
You know, I've been using packaged distros since 486s (like, RH5.1 on 486-80/16Mb) and not exactly low-spec systems like p133/96Mb/430HX.
Guess what? It was quite a sorrow several years ago to pull that system away and replace it with powerful Athlon 650 with 256 megs. Even if that system would be blazing fast, couple years ago builds became faster and FPS higher on AXP2500+/NF2/2x256Mb.
And I don't think it's a low spec system, even if it is by today's street standards.
Just think, I was comfortable at *every* one of them since p133. You're not comfortable with a bunch of distros on quite memory-equipped (and otherwise fast) machine.
Maybe it's not distro's problem? Maybe the competence isn't in praying moronically to "compile it on ya system, get fast"? Debian folks were annoyed by Gentoo crowd enough to perform tests and debunk that particular gentooish myth.
I've changed WGS Linux Pro and aforementioned RH5.1 for Black Cat Linux (local RH clone) and later settled with ALT Linux which is powering every server and desktop I'm responsible for by now. It wasn't due to speed, rather quite different matters including "how much stuff do I need to (re)build by hand for all this to perform as I like", along decreasing the footwork of course. Speed was never really an issue as much as I like it.
So be so kind and reconsider things before going with stuff like this to press. It's not exactly useful to newcomers to learn that they must (sic) mess with building things just to get their quite modern hardware to speed; it's fun to me to skim your article, see above why.
Failing to create at least some swap is quite a feature of incompetent installations, btw.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 22, 2006 12:06 AMGuess what? It was quite a sorrow several years ago to pull that system away and replace it with powerful Athlon 650 with 256 megs. Even if that system would be blazing fast, couple years ago builds became faster and FPS higher on AXP2500+/NF2/2x256Mb.
And I don't think it's a low spec system, even if it is by today's street standards.
Just think, I was comfortable at *every* one of them since p133. You're not comfortable with a bunch of distros on quite memory-equipped (and otherwise fast) machine.
Maybe it's not distro's problem? Maybe the competence isn't in praying moronically to "compile it on ya system, get fast"? Debian folks were annoyed by Gentoo crowd enough to perform tests and debunk that particular gentooish myth.
I've changed WGS Linux Pro and aforementioned RH5.1 for Black Cat Linux (local RH clone) and later settled with ALT Linux which is powering every server and desktop I'm responsible for by now. It wasn't due to speed, rather quite different matters including "how much stuff do I need to (re)build by hand for all this to perform as I like", along decreasing the footwork of course. Speed was never really an issue as much as I like it.
So be so kind and reconsider things before going with stuff like this to press. It's not exactly useful to newcomers to learn that they must (sic) mess with building things just to get their quite modern hardware to speed; it's fun to me to skim your article, see above why.
Failing to create at least some swap is quite a feature of incompetent installations, btw.
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