At Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:47:24 -0700 (MST) CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > At Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:43 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at 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. > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/