---Reply to mail from Orlando Lewis about [expert] Dual Processors Systems yeah or nah
> I am considering building a dual Pentium 2 or Celeron system. I have been
> told that NT only benefits from the dual processors using specific software
> applications such as Adobe. And that it generally cruises along on one CPU.
> Is this true and if it is does the same logic apply for Linux. The system
> will be a dual boot workstation. What are the pros and cons on both OS's
> and what are the recommended CPU and board combos?
>
---End reply
Linux benefits fairly well of multi CPU (SMP) also. It takes advantage of
all multi-threaded applications (most of the "big" applications are
multi-threaded).
For instance, I use a bi-PPro 200 with 80MB RAM.
Jean-Charles
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I've known him as a man, as an adolescent and as a child -- sometimes
on the same day.
