Hi Jeff, On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Jeff Siddall <n...@siddall.name> wrote:
> One more thing that might throw a wrench into your plans: keep in mind > that almost all Linux desktop apps are single threaded. That means for > almost everything a typical user does a single core Atom will be just as > fast as a dual core. The dual core can offer a marginal improvement to > a single app by essentially dedicating a core to a hungry thread, but > the benefit there is usually minimal. Thank you for this reality check! I wasn't even considering whether firefox/flash could take advantage of the extra cores. So local apps on two cores != instant happiness. But, how does this work when you have a multi-core linux server with apps being launced from the server? When I look at top it seems like the load is being distributed between the cores, is this an illusion? > > If you really want fast localapps I would recommend a high clock speed > single core mainstream desktop CPU (ie: AMD/Intel). You might want to > consider DRBL also if you have fast clients. So atom processors are going to give a second rate user experience for local apps? Is there such a thing as a Desktop CPU on a fanless thin client? Thanks for your insights, the've been really helpful! John ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
