On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 06:58:31PM +0000, Tarquin Mills wrote:
Paul Tansom wrote:
** adam@thebowery.co.uk [2003-12-30 23:10]:
It still doesn't change the fact that x86 architecture is a bit sucky and anyhow my sparc box accepts pci cards like anything else as do powermacs (?)etc etc.. It is a shame that hardware makers are sticking with such a poor overall architecture, it would be nice if the other choices had more money spent on them.
How many people here are running non-x86 hardware? Probably a few Mac users, maybe the odd one or two with second hand Sparc or similar machines. I would suggest it is unlikely that many, if anyone has bought non-x86 hardware new specifically run Linux or another OS (excluding Mac as the lone exception).
[snip - interesting about Amiga systems] I am RISC OS user, as are other members of this list, I do not own a single x86 computer. I am thinking of getting a RiscPC to ARM Linux as BIND server.
I like x86 for Linux. It's cheaper and faster. I certainly wouldn't use a RiscPC as a server that might get any load at all. Flushing the cache on every context switch is painful.
[note to rjek, do not send one of your troll replies to this]
I wouldn't dream of it. This is the first thing I've heard you say in a long time that actually contains fact, rather than hearsay or general blinkered balls. Well done.
B.