On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 00:31:38 +0200 (CEST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) said: Subject: Final words on TSX 32bit OS >I personally find that Linux is VERY friendly. >the only problem is that at first the many options are irritating ... >but I have to admit that I like THAT way much better, as the M$ way to not >even make those options available to the user.) I agree - nice to have the option tho it can get a little out of hand - I always worry that my L*x box is a little exposed when connected to the internet - never quite sure if I have got *all* the settings secure enough to prevent my machine being browsed from the internet. With win95, I'm certain that the bloody thing is wide open. >These CPUs will be VERY fast, when they run optimized code. >This is the reason why you can download a emulator for this site in order >to experiment ... AMD works together with SUSE to make a 64 bit linux >distribution available, and Intel IMHO with redhat (?) The Mandrake distribution of Linux is based on RedHat, but it is a version optimised for pentium class machines - all the binaries are compiled for i586 (Rehdat and SuSE, AFAIK at version 5.2 were still compiled for i386 instruction set). Thats one big reason why I upgraded from a 486 to a celeron 400. Plus, the streaming media performance - RealPlayer & Media player - now soaks only 15% of the processor resources, instead of near 90% on a 486/100. Nice. In an online world without walls, who needs Gates and Windows? Visit my home site for more info: http://www.fresh-toast.com/welcome.htm
