From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262327AbTJXQJl (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:09:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262352AbTJXQJl (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:09:41 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:54283 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262327AbTJXQJj (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:09:39 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: gatekeeper.tmr.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: mail.linux-kernel Subject: Re: Unbloating the kernel, was: :mem=16MB laptop testing Date: 24 Oct 2003 15:59:33 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Message-ID: References: <20031014143047.GA6332@ncsu.edu> <3F8CE3EB.8040907@storm.ca> X-Trace: gatekeeper.tmr.com 1067011173 3927 192.168.12.62 (24 Oct 2003 15:59:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@tmr.com Originator: davidsen@gatekeeper.tmr.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <3F8CE3EB.8040907@storm.ca>, Sandy Harris wrote: | jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu wrote: | | > Let me concur with the sentiments on this thread. | | Me too. | | > ... There are many people who will never be able to afford | > to buy a computer but could find someone to give them one of these | > "hopelessy outdated" machines for nothing. | | Some people may be able to get more than one. A year or two | back a peniless friend of mine built quite a nice environment | for himself with two 486 boxes and a pile of SPARC IIs. | | Also, there are server applications that don't need much. For | example, a firewall and NAT box for an ADSL line, or a print | spooler or ... | | You could even build a Beowulf out of such machines | http://stonesoup.esd.ornl.gov/ | | > If we can ensure that | > Linux keeps working on these machines, it will be a good thing. Agreed, until you start to talk cluster. If you pay for electricity, newer machines use less per MHz. One of those $200 "Lindows" boxen from Wal-Mart starts to look good about the 2nd old Pentium! -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.