On Mon Jun 9 11:33:19 EDT 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I could well believe that Vista would struggle on anything less > than a Cray, but Linux isn't *that* demanding is it? > > I had a look at the T22 specs and they seem pretty respectable to > me, at least compared to some of the systems I have Linux running > on (eg 64MB, 266MHz Pentium MMX). > > And BSD is still running fine on my 48MB, 66MHz 486dx (although admitedly > its not so good for running netscape or heavy crypto). > > Of course it might be different if I were trying to run full blown > KDE or GNOME, but you can't really blame the operating system for that. > (though a T22 looks like it would be able to handle it if necessary)
well the first thing most people run on linux is firefox, flash and acrobat. those three horsemen of the apocalypse bring my pIII/256mb machine to its knees. while your point is valid, the only reason i run linux at all is for the three horsemen. so maybe "linux" is not short for gnu/linux in most people's mind, it's short for firefox/linux. :-) - erik
