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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I guess I'm rolling my own desktop...homebuilt AMD
X2 4200+ (Manchester)/2GB Corsair DDR RAM/250/1000 on an ASUS A8N w/dual XFX
6800 GS GPU's built in 2005. Running 9.10 at this point but looking to
compile my own kernel shortly. I'm looking
at CentOS for the new build and run VM's to replace Windows (until I
get Netflix talking to Linux) and whatever else I want to run for a Linux
desktop and development environment. I do graphics, systems and web
development so really need the virtualization. Them's the
facts............now back to troubleshooting this Live CD for CentOS which is
giving me "grief" at the moment.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Live long and support the Guiness
family! ---R1¢h</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jim.kinney@gmail.com href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">Jim
Kinney</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ale@ale.org
href="mailto:ale@ale.org">Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ale] Do people still roll
their own Linux desktops?</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Michael Trausch <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<P>AMD CPUs can be used for heavy and numerically/computationally intensive
tasks just fine.</P><BR clear=all></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>Up until the most recent Intel CPU's (i5, i7, etc) AMD cpu made better
number crunchers than Intels offerings due to primarily to the intrinsic
memory access capabilities of the Opterons. It chopped 3-6 clock ticks off a
memory fetch operation and made a HUGE improvement in recovery from incorrect
pre-fetch operations. <BR></DIV></DIV><BR>-- <BR>-- <BR>James P. Kinney
III<BR>Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness
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