Comments on: Don’t let this happen to you http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: hrod beraht http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/#comment-40137 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:50:10 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/#comment-40137 I hope nobody I know sends you their old machines because that’s how I get mine!

And recently, in addition to the 9 year old Athlon running Evilwm, I picked up another similar machine, also with 512 MB or RAM (for free because Windows was molasses slow on it) and it’s running a minimal Debian install with Ratpoison as a window manager, and it also runs as fast as the wind in daily use. As does my my 800 MHZ Pentium III file server. :P

I might feel sorry for the people with dual-core machines and 4 GB of RAM who still think their machines are slow, except they’re great hand-me-down computer suppliers! :)

Hrod Beraht (Bob)

]]> By: damaged justice http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/#comment-38646 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:04:27 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/#comment-38646 My 8-year old Athlon server is 1.2Ghz (512Mb RAM) and still flies like the wind. I’m seriously considering replacing it this year with a 5-watt Pogoplug, and getting a second one for a workstation.

Even with the overhead of X, anything faster than 1Ghz has to have serious hardware or software problems before I perceive it as “slow”. And as long as I have all my console apps, I’m content all the way down to double-digit megahertz.

]]> By: mrredundancyman http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/#comment-38637 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:17:03 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/#comment-38637 I use a Pentium II 300 Mhz Thinkpad with 256 Megs of RAM as my main machine. I have newer desktops, but I use the Thinkpad more than those.

]]> By: fullmetalgerbil http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/#comment-38627 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:03:12 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dont-let-this-happen-to-you/#comment-38627 I’m running Debian on an old machine and its still fast as a hedgehog on methadrine. I hope you don’t get too many people sending you their old machines, there won’t be any for me to dumpster dive.

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