Isn't Linux amazing???

[leonpmu]

For example, what I am currently doing right now...

I am watching Shreck (using xine) on DVD, doing an online update, and posting here at the same time, all using on average about 50% of my 1.67GHz Sempron, about 250MB of RAM!!

Try doing that in an OS from Redmond without your processor overheating!!
:eek:

[DarkDexter]

Haha, yea! I had my Pentium 2 400 mhz, 128MB's or RAM watching DVDs and taking notes in class. Linux blazes Windows XP on using less resources. However, on my really old machines (Pentium 1 or lower), I use FreeBSD. BSD can run X and type and surf the net on 100mhz 32mb's or RAM no issue where debian chugged on the same machine with the same setup.

~DarkDexter

[leonpmu]

For the old geezer (I have a Cyrix 100MHz Laptop with 16MB RAM) which runs Peanut perfectly!!!

[Sepero]

I remember my first best experience went something like ths: Listening to music, Surfing the web, and Burning a CD. On MS I couldn't barely touch the system without creating a bad CD. I haven't burnt a single corrupt CD on Linux ever.

[nikodell]

I remember my first best experience went something like ths: Listening to music, Surfing the web, and Burning a CD. On MS I couldn't barely touch the system without creating a bad CD. I haven't burnt a single corrupt CD on Linux ever.
Soo True Burn and Surf WOW!! And you get Office and Photo edit software all for one price too.

[hlrguy]

I once spawned 2200 shell sessions simulateneously (well as many as would open, I selected every single OGG on my computer then selected "open with" and each one in a console window) using Konquror once to convert all of them to MP3 format to play on my DVD player. I had a script that did an oggdec then lame convert wav to MP3.

To give you an example of the load, right click on the desktop took 11 minutes to come up so I could lock the screen. 3 hours later (may have been less, came back 3 hours later and it was done), 2200 skip free MP3s and system was running fine. Honestly, I didn't expect it to survive.

hlrguy

P.S. I have had a CD burn fail ONCE in linux. Power failure during the burn process. It actually played in my CD player (as one giant track without any time disolayed) till it got to the end of what had been written, then the CD player just froze. So, it IS possible to create coasters in Linux. :D

[Parcival]

I haven't burnt a single corrupt CD on Linux ever.

When I was called to a friend's house once to rescue data I was able to burn the CD with K3B coming with a SuSE Live CD on a PII/200MHz/64MB RAM. It was seriously lagging, especially with refreshing the screen (the CD got ejected when the screen said it's at 70%), but it was error free. :cool:


PS: Yes, I know one can burn CDs using the commandline. ;)