diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101109/002984.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101109/002984.html | 125 |
1 files changed, 125 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101109/002984.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101109/002984.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2e0b3b204 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/20101109/002984.html @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Kernel%20handling&In-Reply-To=%3C4CD92C52.7000102%40iki.fi%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="002983.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="002985.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling</H1> + <B>Thomas Backlund</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20Kernel%20handling&In-Reply-To=%3C4CD92C52.7000102%40iki.fi%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling">tmb at iki.fi + </A><BR> + <I>Tue Nov 9 12:11:14 CET 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002983.html">[Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002985.html">[Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2984">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2984">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2984">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2984">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Egon Ashrafinia skrev 9.11.2010 12:37: +><i> Thats may be correct, I dont know I never used the "free" one. The +</I>><i> problem is that people with light DSL ( like I do ) cant get the "Free" +</I>><i> version of Mandriva ( Mageia ) and the only option is to DL the One Iso. +</I>><i> Thats also what I think of. Most people get the One Iso because it is: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 1. A smart Iso, fits on a CD. +</I>><i> 2. Has all componens Out of the Box ( driver and stuff like that ) +</I>><i> 3. Only ~700MB to download and not 2-3GB ;) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Thus our main "consumer" are going to DL the One iso. So we have to +</I>><i> focus on that. And when there is a Kernel which is going to slow down my +</I>><i> System I am not going to use it anymore. +</I> + +The average user wont even know the difference of running i586 vs i686. +The poweruser wont have any problem switching kernel to i686. + + +><i> I mean what are the main +</I>><i> diffrents of them? Only a few configs right? Maybe we do it dynamic and +</I>><i> he is autodetecting the System and config the Kernel that way. Is that +</I>><i> possible or is then a new building of the Kernel needed? Maybe thats the +</I>><i> sulution. +</I> +In order to ship both i586 and i686 kernel, it would need another ~50MB +of the already small CD. + +><i> I mean where are going to discuss here and it would realy be +</I>><i> an improvment, when we allow People to use a modern and fast kernel and +</I>><i> not a kernel which is going to slow the system ( well only a bit ) just +</I>><i> because there are some people who are proud the use a Pentium II CPU +</I>><i> just to be cool. +</I> +Actually there are even some Pentium D series (>1GHz CPU) that cant cope +with all i686 instructions. + +And it's not about "proud ... to be cool..." + +It might be all they can afford. +And also schools that get old hw for free also needs i586. + +><i> You can get a 64-bit CPU computer for less then 200€. +</I>><i> Thats not the problem in my eyes. +</I> +In your eyes only... + +200€ might for some people mean 1-3 months of food. + +><i> Sure it is correct, that they should use 64-Bit Mandriva. +</I> +Exactly. + +><i> But not +</I>><i> everyone is doing it. We talk about general configurations and not about +</I>><i> a short group of people. Maybe we should think that way. +</I>><i> +</I> +So because people with new powerful hw cant be bothered to install +64bit, we should cut out those that have the need for i586 .. + +Trust me, That is not going to happend! + +What we do need to think about is a x86_64 live cd + +-- +Thomas +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002983.html">[Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002985.html">[Mageia-discuss] Kernel handling +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2984">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2984">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2984">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2984">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |