On Jan 28, 2008 4:52 PM, Wolfgang Woehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Montag, 28. Januar 2008 Don Raboud: > > > I have an AMD K6 (1.4 GHz, 512 MB memory) that is definitely older > > than 4 years. It has had SuSE (or whatever they were called at the > > time) 9.1, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2 and currently has openSUSE 10.3 on it. > > > > This is a desktop machine (no real server functions) but as a > > desktop my experience has been that each release *seems* faster > > than the previous one. (Most likely this is due to improvements in > > KDE specifically). > > So Mike, James, Don, hats off. Using old hardware and not replacing it > with the latest iron on a regular basis really does have a > significant impact on energy consumption. > > Wrt being pleased doing that: You are _so_ up for a ride whenever you > choose to switch to contemporary hardware. I bet you a copy of > BBC's "Changing World" that you will not go back to these old boxes > with joy in your heart :) >
Using old hardware also lets you justify building special purpose machines. Witness the P2 laptop w/128 MB of Ram I installed to this weekend. (And yes I had a lot of trouble because I did not know in advance to reformat the drive and put a swap partition on it, but eventually I got it.) With that machine I plan to create a dedicated Weather Station Server. The speed needs are minimal, so this small little laptop should do just fine. I tried to use a much newer/bigger XP box. Didn't even stay running for 24 hours. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
