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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 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 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 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 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 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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bye achim~ |
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> Thanks, |
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> -- |
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> Collins Richey |
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> Denver area |
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