[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Although I am rather new to Linux, I go back to before the CP/M days in >computing. However, I have a question pertaining to the CPU requirement for >Mandrake V8.1 vs other distributions, Specifically SuSE V7.3. > >The systems I run here on Linux are based on the "old" AMD K6-2/300 CPU. >I've noted that Mandrake V8.1 runs quite a bit slower than SuSE V7.3 on the >same platforms. I know Mandrake was optimized for Pentium CPUs, whereas the >SuSE distribution still specifies a 486DX CPU as its minimum spec processor. > >Any comments, and has anyone else seen similar results? > >Tnx, >Don > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > It is all a matter of the vm in the kernel. SuSE has 4 updates a year and I think their kernel has significantly later vms than the 8.1. If you use the updated kernel, you may find it improved, but obviously the 8.2 version will be much better. I am finding significant improvement on K6-2 platforms with kernel 2.4.16.
If you install 8.1 with kernel22 you should find pervormance quite snappy. Civileme
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