[NBLUG/talk] The Advantages of Linux

[Bill Kendrick]

On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 11:26:40AM -0700, Christopher Wagner wrote:
> 
> As far as the laptop, I'll mirror what Augie said.  Just putting Linux on an
> old slow machine does not make it faster (although infinitely more stable).
> If you're looking to run text-mode, it probably won't be an issue.  How old
> and slow is this laptop anyway?

At one of LUGOD's recent hands-on demos, someone mentioned they were going
to install Linux on their "slow computer."

I started telling them that they should realize that when they do this,
they should realize that Linux will be slow, and not to scoff at Linux itself
because of it...  it's simply their computer.

When I asked what speed their slow machine was, they said 800Mhz.

RARRGH!  My "fast" machine is only 450!  :^P

-bill!