XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:50:09 -0400, Paul  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 10/29/2025 8:42 AM, Felix wrote:   
   > > Felix wrote:   
   > >> Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > >>> On 2025-10-27, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > >>>> On 2025/10/27 17:17:7, Paul wrote:   
   > >>>>> There should be two articles. The "nyah nyah, I have new hardware"   
   > >>>>> article, and the "boo hiss, I have old hardware and can't afford   
   > >>>> Or, "I have old hardware which did all I wanted it to do".   
   > >>> So far, the only hardware I've run into that slams into *that* wall was   
   > >>> some 32-bit POS from 200x ... it still "runs", but "mainstream distros"   
   > >>> are out.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Granted, I also have just enough awareness to realize that I can't   
   > >>> "demand" that someone else keep spending their time on 32bit support   
   > >>> just because I have an antique that I want to keep running.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> All my 64-bit stuff from 2010/2012 onwards seems to not have any   
   > >>> troubles even with the newer distros, barring a few cases of "dammit   
   > >>> broadcom" that I fixed with some realtek USB dongle.   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >> I have 10 -15 yo PC's here running LM 21.3 no issues   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > p.s. I leave them at 21.3 because someone said 22+ is for newer machines   
   > >   
   >   
   > Test and see.   
   >   
   > That's what I'm running right now, is install tests.   
   >   
   > The results are pure weirdness, for sure.   
   >   
   > For example, everything I've installed so far, has   
   > exactly the same GLXGEARS results. One claims to be   
   > pure X11, another might be Wayland. There is supposed   
   > to be a difference here... because I tested for this   
   > before, and Wayland ran at half the speed of X11.   
   > It would seem the video card is somehow smothering   
   > the detail.   
   >   
   >    Paul   
      
   By default, glxgears syncs to vblank.  To unlock it:   
      
   $ vblank_mode=0 __GL_SYNC_TO_VBLANK=0 glxgears   
   106787 frames in 5.0 seconds = 21357.289 FPS   
   108361 frames in 5.0 seconds = 21671.984 FPS   
   108247 frames in 5.0 seconds = 21648.572 FPS   
   ^C   
      
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