RE: [luau] Hyper technology

2002-12-30 Thread Randall Oshita
On Fri, 27 Dec 2002, Warren Togami wrote: >8.0 uses 2.4.18 with many more additional patches. I checked through my >mail archives and there was some discussion in both Red Hat 7.3 and 8.0 >about hyperthreading, and the consensus was that it should be working in >7.3. If it didn't work in some cas

[luau] Canceling Monday's Linux seminar

2002-12-30 Thread Warren Togami
Sorry folks, I need to cancel Monday's Linux seminar about "Linux for Schools". Too many people aren't available during the holidays, only three people signed up. I will reschedule this, tentatively on Saturday January 4th. I will let everyone know when the date and time are finalized. War

Re: [luau] Hyper technology

2002-12-30 Thread Warren Togami
Randall Oshita wrote: Where can I check in 7.3 to see if its using HT? Randall If your hardware and kernel properly supports hyperthreading, then you would actually see what appears like multiple processors in "top" and other system monitors, but it is actually your one Pentium4 or Xeon pro

[luau] laptops

2002-12-30 Thread Charles Lockhart
I'm looking for a laptop that'll run linux really well, is pretty powerful, and has a BIG screen, something like the new Vaio 16" laptop monitor. I seem to be finding a lot of info, but none that I really want. Anybody know of an info source for laptops that could help me narrow it down some?

[luau] table of equvalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux.

2002-12-30 Thread tburns
This page was mentioned on the newchix list, I couldn't resist forwarding it to luau. Should be useful for those trying to dis-assimilate. http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/ cheers! Deranged Dave

Re: [luau] Hyper technology

2002-12-30 Thread bob
On the subject of perforance... does PPC offer any advantages in the area of context switching (over various x86 implementations)? is there a good comparison of processors (benchmark) site that lists L1 cache(s) sizes L2 cache sizes, speeds, association schemes and other processor charatracteristic

RE: [luau] laptops

2002-12-30 Thread LinuxDan
Charles I have a Vaio PCG-9231 Intel p3-700 which works great with XP and RH8. I use the wireless D-Link airplus setup which uses 802.11a and b with between the 22 and 56mbps. Its quick!! I bought it for $50 and rebuilt the unit out of five other units I scraped. You can do this f

Re: [luau] Need some package help...

2002-12-30 Thread DeanFujioka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 28 December 2002 09:58 pm, Derrick wrote: > Aloha Everyone! > > Only on the list for two days and already needing helphehehe > > I am trying to install a package but it is calling for some shared object > package dependencies that I can

Re: [luau] Looking for an article

2002-12-30 Thread DeanFujioka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 29 December 2002 07:44 pm, Ben Beeson wrote: > Aloha, > > Recently I saw an article where the author used an extra hard drive and > rsync (I think) to automatically back up his system. Now I can't find it, > and I may be interested in

Re: [luau] laptops

2002-12-30 Thread Warren Togami
Charles Lockhart wrote: I'm looking for a laptop that'll run linux really well, is pretty powerful, and has a BIG screen, something like the new Vaio 16" laptop monitor. I seem to be finding a lot of info, but none that I really want. Anybody know of an info source for laptops that could help

RE: [luau] Hyper technology

2002-12-30 Thread LinuxDan
Randall Get the January issue of Linux magazine and turn to page 8. It fully describes how Redhat7.3 and later support hyperthreading out of the box. Also, hyperthreading technology started with the 2.0 chip. It increases processing speeds up to twice as fast as a dual processor and ut

Re: [luau] Looking for an article

2002-12-30 Thread Ben Beeson
Mahalo! Ben On Monday 30 December 2002 03:51 pm, you wrote: > On Sunday 29 December 2002 07:44 pm, Ben Beeson wrote: > > Aloha, > > > > Recently I saw an article where the author used an extra hard drive and > > rsync (I think) to automatically back up his system. Now I can't find > > it, a

Re: [luau] Hyper technology

2002-12-30 Thread Warren Togami
LinuxDan wrote: Also, hyperthreading technology started with the 2.0 chip. It increases processing speeds up to twice as fast as a dual processor and utilizes the Hyperthreading will NEVER have performance twice as fast as a real dual processor. Most of the time you will have only a few perce