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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:9048 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8003 comp.unix.misc:15482 comp.unix.bsd:15866 comp.sys.powerpc:31574 comp.sys.intel:28743 comp.os.misc:3685 comp.os.linux.misc:33120 comp.os.linux.development:22289 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4748 comp.os.386bsd.development:3009 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!merlin!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!daemon.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!jjs From: jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: 6 Jan 1995 18:29:40 GMT Organization: University of Calfornia at Riverside Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3ek26k$6o2@galaxy.ucr.edu> References: <3d8e0l$6ve@galaxy.ucr.edu> <NEWTNews.3157.788323227.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> <3dtjnh$r7u@galaxy.ucr.edu> <tsikesD1zwqr.7JF@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dostoevsky.ucr.edu In article <tsikesD1zwqr.7JF@netcom.com>, Terry Sikes <tsikes@netcom.com> wrote: >Well, I'm not the original poster, but I hope the 'community' found >this of interest... :) yes, quite. >> jjs@wintermute.ucr.edu / You can't figure out how to >> A linux machine! because a 486 / ACCELERATE your Windoze NT box? >> is a terrible thing to waste! / -9.8 m/s^2 works quite well!!! > >Who needs to accelerate a 275 MHz. Alpha? ;) Actually, there is no disrespect for the hardware intended there - the platform can be thouroughly rehabilitated - I have helped more than 1 "microsoft developer" upgrade their Intel platforms from NT to Linux - they were quite pleased with the difference. As for Alphas - it made me want to cry when a number of these beautiful machines arrive here saddled with NT - However, after an evaluation period, NT was scrubbed in favor of DEC/OSF UNIX, which resulted in approximately a 3-fold increase in speed, according to benchmarks run under each OS. (Imagine how fast linux will be on these machines) jjs