At Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:47:24 -0700 (MST) CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
At Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:43 -0500 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
<snip> >> Is there something "bad" about the non-threading variant? > > Probably the same thing that is bad about a single core processor. > Which are pretty much no longer available (except for processors meant > for little SBC/Embedded systems). I suspect that either RH or (more
I'll call you on that. A *lot* of people, both at home and in offices, are running single core systems, and will be for years. Most folks can't afford to upgrade every year or two... and since *most* folks are running office software, browsing the Web, and doing email, don't *need* to.
All I meant was it is hard to get a *new* single core processor. Yes, there are lots of *old* single core systems that will continue in service for years. I was going to get a single-core Semperon from Newegg for my new system, but before I could raise the money to get one, Newegg discontinued the only remaining AMD single core processor they carried (all of the Intel ones are multi-core). I did find one from a discount/closeout place with some in stock (and they had a counter showing how many were left in stock).
Besides, this *is* Linux we're talking about, which runs on *everything*, including 386's....
Sure, although most distros don't provide stock kernels for anything less than a '586.
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