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Re: Procesors wars ?



Hi,


Stas Bekman wrote:
...
> IMHO, If linux can work on 386 , it will work good enough on any processor
> you can afford, if you use your linux box for the general and not heavy
> applications.
> 
> Once you think you need some very good performance then you should try to
> make your system better. Otherwise don't waste your time and money, it
> doesn't worth it! (Remember that if you trying to keep on the 'highway'
> you will spend a lot of money for being able to keep with concurent
> hardware)
...

However, if you plan to give shell accounts to "untrustworthy" users,
you probably should avoid the Intel Pentium, as a recently discovered
bug will allow them to lock your system !!


  -Itai