I use SMP Linux systems all the time.
As D. M. Mike pointed out non multi-threaded applications run no faster, per
se...
BUT overall they do run faster.
In an SMP system the workload is divided between the two processors.
System processes, daemons, etc. can be evenly split or automatically
allocated by the kernel to the processor with the lowest instantaneous load.
In turn if you fire up, say X, and KDE, etc. X itself might be serviced by
one processor, while the font manager by another, etc.
The end result is that ALL of your applications appear to be running on a
much more lightly loaded system.
X / KDE itself is -MUCH- faster on an SMP system than it is on single
processor system.
Benchmarks show about an overall 90% increase in performance of KDE itself.
You should see how nicely KDE runs on a dual P-III 850 w/512Megs of RAM.
-JMS
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:36 PM
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Subject: [newbie] Dual processors ??
I was thinkg about building a dual processor PC using mandrake 7.2 as this
should not be a problem ...however i read somewhere that even though the
operating system might be Ok with dual processors some of the software that
runs
on it might not. Is this the case or not ??? as there would be no point in
going down this road if i need to worry about every new piece of software i
got..
David
