[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
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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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