On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 01:20:38 +0100 Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Op dinsdag 09 november 2010 01:00:50 schreef Egon Ashrafinia: > > On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:38:14 +0100 > > > > Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Op dinsdag 09 november 2010 00:26:20 schreef Egon Ashrafinia: > > > > Hey guys :) > > > > > > > > I'm new on the ML and now I have got something to discuss. > > > > > > > > In Mandriva 2010.1 and Cooker we have 2 sorts of Kernels. > > > > > > > > The first one is : kernel586-Desktop > > > > and the other one is : kernel-Desktop (i686) > > > > > > > > Do we need i586? I mean I alwys use i686 without any problems. Maybe we > > > > should remove i586 ... what do you think? > > > > > > > > Greeting > > > > > > > > Egon (Wubbbi) > > > > > > No, this has been discussed several times; some people need that kernel; > > > because this software still runs on pentium machines and they are still > > > being used. > > > > But in my optinion we cant always support old Hardware. The Problem is that > > the i586 Kernel is not getting out the full Power of new CPUs like AMD K10 > > or the Intel iX. Maybe we could make the i686 the default one and the i586 > > as an option? I think that will be better for our "non-Pc-geek-users". > > > > Greetings > > > the i686 _IS_ the default one for x86 cpus Thats not true. When I install a fresh Mandriva 2010.1 on my AMD Phenom II x4 @3,4Ghz machine, I always have the i586 installed by default. Thus I have to install the i686, restart, remove i586 and then I also have to change that pachage and that package just cause some freaks with an Intel Pentium @200Mhz want to run Mandriva on their machine. I am sorry but that is not what I want to have for a distribution. Also there are many user that dont know the diffrent between those 2 Kernel. Thus they let the i586 installed and gain less Power. What what I expect of a modern and fast distribution. Try it your self. i586 is the default and I vote for i686 as the default one as it is in Fedora and Ubuntu ;) Greetings -- Egon Ashrafinia <[email protected]>
