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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:9041 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7997 comp.unix.misc:15461 comp.unix.bsd:15857 comp.sys.powerpc:31458 comp.sys.intel:28547 comp.os.misc:3681 comp.os.linux.misc:33013 comp.os.linux.development:22212 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4730 comp.os.386bsd.development:3001 comp.sys.dec:24756 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:28470 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.dec,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!tsikes From: tsikes@netcom.com (Terry Sikes) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <tsikesD1zzJu.2J5@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.sys.dec,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3d8e0l$6ve@galaxy.ucr.edu> <3dtjnh$r7u@galaxy.ucr.edu> <tsikesD1zwqr.7JF@netcom.com> <3ek26k$6o2@galaxy.ucr.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 19:02:17 GMT Lines: 37 In article <3ek26k$6o2@galaxy.ucr.edu>, Joe Sloan <jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu> wrote: >In article <tsikesD1zwqr.7JF@netcom.com>, >Terry Sikes <tsikes@netcom.com> wrote: > >>Well, I'm not the original poster, but I hope the 'community' found >>this of interest... :) >yes, quite. > >>> jjs@wintermute.ucr.edu / You can't figure out how to >>> A linux machine! because a 486 / ACCELERATE your Windoze NT box? >>> is a terrible thing to waste! / -9.8 m/s^2 works quite well!!! >> >>Who needs to accelerate a 275 MHz. Alpha? ;) >Actually, there is no disrespect for the hardware intended there - the >platform can be thouroughly rehabilitated - I have helped more than 1 >"microsoft developer" upgrade their Intel platforms from NT to Linux - >they were quite pleased with the difference. >As for Alphas - it made me want to cry when a number of these beautiful >machines arrive here saddled with NT - However, after an evaluation period, >NT was scrubbed in favor of DEC/OSF UNIX, which resulted in approximately >a 3-fold increase in speed, according to benchmarks run under each OS. >(Imagine how fast linux will be on these machines) The 3x speedup claim is out of line with anything I've seen or heard. My best figure is roughly 1.3x overall for OSF/1 vs. Win NT 3.1 with 64 MB RAM, I have no info on Win NT 3.5 yet. Comments? Followups set more appropriately. -- Terry Sikes | The sound of one hand clapping. Software Engineer++ | The sound of a tree falling in the forest with tsikes@netcom.com | no-one to hear. My opinions - mine only! | The sound of IBM OS/2 for PowerPC booting.