On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
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| > | FYI, I have an old 486 with a 6.0 based distribution (though it is of
| > | coures cookerized, duh ... ;) BTW an interesting fact is that Mandrake
| > | 6.x *DOES* work on i486 computers with hacking, it is just that you
| > | must recompile the kernel yourself.
| >
| > Good advise. Thanks! I guess Mandrake 7.2 will work on Pentium? Or
| > Pentium II/Pro will be minimum requirement?
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| Sure we compile with pentium optimizations so the requirement is Pentium,
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| Oh I just lied you can grab a i486 ISO actually ...
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| Geoff
Will I get performance boost if download sources and compile on Pentium III
(my primary computer is Pentium III/600) ? Or performace boost will be
insignificant, and better not to do it?
Second question: I was thinking to buy one more PC, most probably AMD Athlon-
or Duron-based desktop/minitower. Are there special optimizations for those
processors, and if recompilation for them will speed system?
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Vadim Plessky
