[plug] New Toys

[John Breen]

The novelty of faster kernel compiles NEVER wears off.  My pentium does it
in about 15 minutes, my old 386 used to take 2 hours plus.

I still remember those times, and from time to time recompile my kernel just
to prove it.

(Yes, I probably do have too much time on my hands, but hey, it's my life
and my time :-))

Cheers,


John

John Breen
Programmer
United Construction Pty Ltd

(08) 9499-0472
0413-462-818
john.breen at unitedconstruction.com.au




	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Peter Wright [SMTP:pete at cygnus.uwa.edu.au]
	Sent:	Tuesday, August 31, 1999 2:02 PM
	To:	plug at linux.org.au
	Subject:	Re: [plug] New Toys

	On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 10:25:13PM +0800, Gary Allpike inspired us
all with
	the funkiness of his new linux box thusly:
	> 
	> 2.2.x - havent fiddled much yet :)
	> 
	> I do have the i2c stuff compiled, so know all my voltages, fan
speeds
	> temps etc, also have my TV tuner card working - with Teletext :)

	Cool. Hmmm, you might be able to help me out here...

	Like probably quite a few others on the list, I'm thinking seriously
about
	purchasing myself a shiny new dual Celeron box very soon now. I
wasn't
	actually intending to play with overclocking the CPUs until then
novelty of
	measuring kernel compiles in minutes instead of 0.5-1 hours had worn
off :).

	However, your comment above makes me wonder... are you actually
overclocking
	your CPUs at the moment? If not, did you really need to purchase the
	(extra?) fans?  Or is it just a good idea to have extra cooling
stuff
	happening for a dual CPU box in any case?

	Oh, and just for a bonus annoying question :), what is this i2c
stuff? Some
	sort of CPU/mboard information utility?

	> toys toys toys

	I agree. Wheeeee. :)

	> :)
	> 
	> G

	Pete.
	-- 
	http://cygnus.uwa.edu.au/~pete/

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