it actually takes about a minute. I've got a duron 600 machine with 256M of
ram.
It takes my machine 23 hours and 19 minutes to process a data block for seti
but I only run seti in windows at the moment. Presumably it will be quite a
bit faster in linux.
abe
>===== Original Message From "Austin L. Denyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>> you have my condolences Ozz. But hey, you can take your linux box
>with you
>> where ever you go! I have to sit at home in front of my desk to use
>it.
>> That's a definately worth it trade off.
>
>How long does it take you to boot StarOffice? I can go make a coffee
>while it loads on mine (seriously!).
>
>It is actually quicker for me to shut down X, reboot into Windoze and
>load Office97 than it is to load StarOffice from within X.
>
>To me, that is pathetic.
>
>Laptop Specs:
>AMD K6-2 @ 380Mhz.
>64Mb RAM
>6Gb hdd
>
>So as you can see, it's not a bad machine - it'll run two Seti@Home
>clients and still process work units in under 20 hours!
>(StarOffice performance figures are WITHOUT the likes of Seti running -
>Seti makes it even worse!)
>
>Regards,
>Ozz.
Jesus saves,
Allah forgives,
Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
