It saves energy and noise and space to run a laptop 24/7 instead of running a big desktop. Current laptops are fast and have alot of ram. So don't say laptops are bad in general. They are bad when they don't run 24/7.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 17:15, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > On Tuesday 25 November 2008 14:40, Florent Daigniere wrote: >> - Whether we want Mac (mostly laptop users nowadays) > > More so than PCs in general? PCs in general are mostly laptops outside of work > nowadays, aren't they? (Translation: We're doomed! We're all doomed!) > >> or not to use the >> network is an open question. Freenet as currently implemented doesn't >> play nice with laptops... maybe we should be more clear about that on >> the website. > > With big flashing warning signs? I wonder if there's any way to detect that > the user is running a laptop pre-install... or post-install for that > matter... :) Anyway even on a desktop we will still have poor uptime, so I > guess there's little point in nagging the user about it. > > To clarify for anyone who hasn't got the picture yet: > Low uptime is very bad for Freenet. > Low uptime darknet is nearly impossible for Freenet. > Poor connectivity is bad for Freenet. > Uncontrolled NATs and mobile nodes are bad for Freenet. > > To sum it up: > LAPTOPS ARE BAD FOR FREENET! > > 0.10, as currently planned, will help a bit, but even so, uptime is always > going to be a serious problem... Should we show a flashing warning sign if > our uptime is below some percentage? > >> Florent > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > -- __________________________________________________ GnuPG key: (0x48DBFA8A) Keyserver: pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de Fingerprint: 477D F057 1BD4 1AE7 8A54 8679 6690 E2EC 48DB FA8A __________________________________________________
