Re: [newbie] Mandrake and Different CPUs

[Alan Shoemaker]

Lane....what you need to learn, if you're going to successfully
run Linux as your operating system, is how to locate and apply
pertinent information.  Read the top section of this URL:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3

Alan


GECOS wrote:
> 
> James Mellema wrote:
> > I think it unlikely that your install will succeed. Mandrake is
> > optimized for pentium class CPUs, and will not perform adequately on a
> > 486. My experience has been that in most cases Mandrale will not
> > install, and if it does performance is dismal with many problems.
> 
> The above was in response to an inquiry, but it makes me wonder if
> Mandrake is the best distro for my AMD K6-2/400. I don't know much about
> CPUs, so I don't know if my AMD is "pentium class" or not.
> --
> Lane
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> Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA
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> Getting where I want to be with Linux...