Slackware 13.0

[Lonni J Friedman]

I didn't claim that Ben's system wasn't good.  It sounds like a solid,
reliable setup.  But claiming that its a powerhouse is silly.  Its
been a very long time since an AthlonXP was an enviable CPU.

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:00 PM, wade barocsi <scrumbles at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a bit funny how our idea of "good" hardware changes over time.
>
> I also find it interesting that Slackware uses KDE 4.2 instead of 3.5 when their
> user base tends to use older hardware.  Maybe their niche is changing.
> I used slack for a few years -Kurt made me;) , Maybe I'll try it again soon.
>
> Wade Barocsi
> Cheshire, CT
>
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Ben Duncan <bend at linux4ms.net> wrote:
>>> This is not a slouch machine either : AMD XP 2.8 with 3GB ram and a Nvidia
>>> 6200
>>> series AGP 8x card with 256MB ram and ide 133 hard drives.
>>
>> You have a very interesting definition of 'slouch machine'.  That HW
>> was old & slow 3 years ago.   AGP cards haven't been sold as 'new' in
>> nearly 5 years.  AMD stopped selling AthlonXP's something like 6 years
>> ago.
>>
>> But yes, KDE is a pig.



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