Re: [Fwd: Re: [rfc] improving 32bit user performance/experience...]

2009-05-19 Thread Christopher Chan
Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 9:35:28 pm Christopher Chan wrote: > >> Pentium the Original. Pentium II, III are all based on the Pentium Pro >> (i686) and they have a different architecture than Pentium the Original. >> Pentium II is basically the Pentium Pro + MMX. Pentium

Re: [Fwd: Re: [rfc] improving 32bit user performance/experience...]

2009-05-19 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tuesday 19 May 2009 9:35:28 pm Christopher Chan wrote: > Pentium the Original. Pentium II, III are all based on the Pentium Pro > (i686) and they have a different architecture than Pentium the Original. > Pentium II is basically the Pentium Pro + MMX. Pentium 4 and M use the > Netburst archit

Re: [Fwd: Re: [rfc] improving 32bit user performance/experience...]

2009-05-19 Thread Christopher Chan
Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > I have no idea how Christopher sent his message, but KMail claims > there's nothing to quote O_o > :-D I did not hit reply all and then sent it to sounder by mistake. Then I forwarded that back here. My apologies. > Anyway... > He said, "i586 binaries should be only

Re: [Fwd: Re: [rfc] improving 32bit user performance/experience...]

2009-05-19 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
I have no idea how Christopher sent his message, but KMail claims there's nothing to quote O_o Anyway... He said, "i586 binaries should be only installed on actual Pentium computers." Does that mean Pentium The Original, or does it include Pentium 2, 3, 4 and M? -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ub

[Fwd: Re: [rfc] improving 32bit user performance/experience...]

2009-05-19 Thread Christopher Chan
--- Begin Message --- > I challenge anyone to find someone using Ubuntu 8.10/9.04 on a > processor which doesn't support the full i586 instruction set (eg > i386/i486 or something with incomplete i586 support). > i586 binaries should be only installed on actual Pentium computers. Every other