Re: Xandros3 released

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 22:03, mike808@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> 1. Yes. It is. The 2.6.9 kernel feels faster.

That's because the pre-empt patch is now standard in kernel 2.6.  You're
now introducing additional overhead, and reduced throughput, in context
switching to get increased response time.  On a desktop, the reduced
throughput is not noticeable.

[ AFAIK, Linus was a genius with his previous approach of 1 kernel entry
per CPU.  This is the most ideal approach on 2-4 way systems IMHO. ]

> And the new nVidia drivers don't hurt any.

You could always fix the issue with the pre-1.0-6xxx series drivers by
rebuilding the kernel with a different stack size.

> 4. Crossover Office 4 is included in the Deluxe edition.

This is the main reason I recommend Xandros Deluxe Edition to people
coming from Windows and feel they A) must use Linux and B) must pay for
it.

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Bryan J. Smith                                    b.j.smith@ieee.org 
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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) assumes experts for the former, costly
retraining for the latter, omitted "software assurance" costs in 
compatible desktop OS/apps for the former, no free/legacy reuse for
latter, and no basic security, patch or downtime comparison at all.




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