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On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 22:22:14 +0200 AGottinger@××××××××.de (Achim Gottinger) |
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wrote: |
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> Collins Richey wrote: |
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> > Daniel, |
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> > A plea from a happy Gentoo user. It's not really a "good idea" to |
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> release |
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> > a distro compiled for use only on the latest and greatest Pentium |
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> > processor. There are thousands of Linux enthusiasts out there (like |
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> > myself) who might be interested in Gentoo, but who can't make the grade |
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> > with the latest hardware. |
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> > I've been running Gentoo for several months now with code compiled for |
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> the |
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> > 486, and my system (K6/II) performs very well. It boots and shuts down |
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> > faster than any distro that I've used, even those optimized for 586. I |
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> > don't believe that anyone other than those who run a very heavily |
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> loaded |
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> > server are going to see any real benefits from the optimizations, and I |
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> > don't believe (IMHO) that server people are going to queue up for a new |
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> and |
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> > (in their view) untested distro. |
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> > I'm trying to sell your product on my user list |
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> > (http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users), but they like to see |
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> > someone who has tried it first, and of course I don't qualify with my |
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> > K6/II. I would be downloading the latest Gentoo right now, if I could |
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> use |
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> > it. |
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> > I believe this is a big mistake. |
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> We planed to relase optimized versions for i [456]86 systems, but we |
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> where abit short in time. |
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> I'm currently packaging an 586 version here and it should be available |
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> on monday or thursday for download. |
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And not a moment too soon <grin>. I wasn't trying to be a pain in the |
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butt, but I believe in the long run you would be better off packaging a |
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more generally usable release first and later the optimized versions. |
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Collins Richey |
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Denver area |
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gentoo system |