> David Kastrup belched: >> >> chrisv writes: >> >>> Seriously. You're full of it, and you're wrong, Fuddie. As usual, your >>> FUD does not fly. >> >> I don't think he is wrong here.
Well then, you're wrong, too. >> Even if you know the details, you can't >> tell what ratio of the slowness is attributable to inherent CDROM >> access, what ratio is attributable to bad paging algorithms acerbated by >> the CDROM (which would still have an impact when using hard disk), what >> is attributable to a suboptimal storage layout and what is pure OS >> creep. Do you really think that "ratios of slowness" need to be calculated? Sheesh, man, you're running off a CD. You can hear it and see the results. You just throw-out the results of the "speed test" because you're running off a freaking CDROM. NO ONE is going to assume or expect that the speed is _at all_ representative of what it's like when it's running off HD. Jeezez. Most people aren't THAT stupid, much less 99% of them. >> I am not exactly unversed with computers (having written my own >> bootstrap loaders and BIOSes and target compilers and whatnot). And >> still I was quite unsure what difference to expect when installing >> Knoppix on hard disk as compared to running from CD. So? Is it not reasonable to assume that a PC operating system would be "reasonably responsive" when installed on a modern PC? >> And yes, the impression "sluggish and basically not useful" can come >> from a live CD. For the exceptionally dull-witted, maybe. Most would recognize that it's a limited trial, amazing in that it works at all! >> It is nice for a look of _what_ you can do, but it is >> hard to judge whether you would _want_ to do it in a reasonable >> workflow. Well, if one likes what one sees, one tries a full HD install and system configuration. Old (or new, for a price) spare HD's are available, if one doesn't want to risk their Windows installation. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss