Quoting Andre M. V. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > From anandtech: > > "CPU utilization is minimal.
Not only that, but Linux machines almost always have mostly very idle CPUs (i.e., a great deal of untapped processor capacity), especially on i386, where machines tend to be designed with an eye to Microsoft Corporation's extremely processor-intensive operating systems. However: > One of the main arguments against winmodems has been that they consume > CPU cycles. Personally, I would call that one of the minor arguments. > I have been using an HCF winmodem for some time in Linux. And it was > okay. You will probably get poor connection quality and a high incidence of dropped carrier. And you're obliged to run proprietary binary-only code in kernelspace in order to achieve even that much. -- Cheers, "Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?" Rick Moen -- Steven Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
