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|    J.O. Aho to Aragorn    |
|    Re: emerging klibc gets wrong kernel sou    |
|    05 Apr 08 15:27:54    |
      From: user@example.net              Aragorn wrote:       > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:       >       >> Aragorn wrote:       >>> [...]       >>> The hardware for that machine - Tyan twin-socket ccNUMA board, twin       >>> dualcore HE Opterons (2.6 GHz, 68 Watt), 32 GB ECC registered RAM (ATP       >>> pc5300), four Hitachi 15k SAS 147 GB disks in RAID 5 on an Adaptec 32105       >>> PCIe adapter, Zippy 800 Watt EPS12V power supply and a CoolerMaster       >>> CM-832 chassis with four 12cm fans - has taken a serious bite out of my       >>> piggybank as well...       >> If it doesn't run Quake 4 with 200FPS it's not worth the money :P       >       > That would largely depend on the video adapter and on the proprietary, evil       > nVidia driver. ;-)       >       > On the other hand, I do think that something that compiles a complete Linux       > kernel in only just over one minute is worth its money, though... :p       >              I would say it's cool to have, but not worth all the money, I can wait 5       minutes and afford to go on vacation. :)              --               //Aho              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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