>On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, Aaron W. wrote:
>> I looked on the web site (briefley) and did not see a suggestions link so I
>> am posting it here. I think it would set Mandrake apart from Red Hat and
>> others even more to have a fully optimized Pentium II distro. I think that
>> having the Pentium version is great but it misses several of the PIIs
>> features. I took a look at "Lorax" and all I saw was i386 rpms. This would
>> just add to the list as to why Mandrake kicks ass.
>
>But some of use don't have Pentium II's!
>
>The pentium optimization of Mandrake is good, but only because i486's and less
>are getting rarer. However, straight Pentiums are still common.
>
>I have a friend that is thinking of using Linux because he is sick to death of
>always having to upgrade his machine for EVERY new Windows release. He has
>heard stories of people running Linux servers with 16Mb and a i386. He
>realizes
>he will need more than that for a typical desktop/productivity setup, but
>if he
>has to upgrade to a PII, a lot of the Linux advantage just evaporated for him.
>
>A PII distro would work, but only if a i586 and i386 versions were still
>available. Mandrake should be more than just a Redhat for Pentium II's.
>
> --
>Arandir...
>_______________________________
><http://www.meer.net/~arandir/>
To clairify, I did not mean to remove the pentium version. The boxed
version could have 2 CDs. I don't think that would make Mandrake have to up
the price very much. If you are using a PIII or Zeon are you loosing that
much by running PII optimized code?
Aaron Winters, Electronic Imaging Manager.
Garner Printing, http://camalott.com/~garner
http://camalott.com/~kaw
