After takin' a swig o' grog, Terry Porter belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> One of the benefits of GNU/Linux compared to Windows is, Linux runs nicely
> on desktops like mine, taking full advantage of all the RAM and CPUs.
>
> The money I saved *not* buying Windows can be spent on hardware such as 8
> gigabytes of RAM, or a quad core CPU etc.
You need 24 Gb for some real number-crunching!
> top - 13:21:01 up 42 min, 6 users, load average: 1.28, 1.73, 1.97
> Tasks: 160 total, 3 running, 157 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> Cpu0 : 67.5%us, 27.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 5.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.3%si,
> Cpu1 : 15.0%us, 1.9%sy, 0.0%ni, 83.1%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si,
> Cpu2 : 4.2%us, 1.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 94.8%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si,
> Cpu3 : 3.3%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 96.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si,
> 0.0%st
> Mem: 8244860k total, 5503792k used, 2741068k free, 621596k buffers
> Swap: 19535032k total, 0k used, 19535032k free, 4093344k cached
>
> uname -a
> Linux gronk1 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 12 12:19:44 EST 2009
> i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Lucky dog! You can do "make -j 8" when you build your kernel!
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It is my job in life to travel all roads, so that some may take the road
less travelled, and others the road more travelled, and all have a
pleasant day.
-- Larry Wall in <199709241628.JAA08908@xxxxxxxx>
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