Re: Are we losing users to Gentoo?
#include <hallo.h>
* Hunter Peress [Sun, Dec 22 2002, 07:14:42AM]:
> > > I really think thousands of Debian GNU/Linux users would love It
> > >
> > > How about a poll " would you love an i686 or i586 Debian GNU/Linux distro ?"
> >
> > ... and would you like to pay your mirror provider for additional disk
> > space and traffic?
>
> i dont see how this would imply a spike in traffic. the whole point of
He? You do not need additional space for having two versions?
> this is that since i686 has been around for a good few years, most users
> will choose it over i386 (thats pentium pro all the way on up to today
A good majority will choose 686, another one K6/K7, etc., and lots will
still need Debian for 486er boxes.
> and for new chips at least 1-2 years still) and that covers a LOT of
> people.
So would that people pay for having optimised versions?
Oh, and please top using a broken MUA. I mean something that does not
manage to recognise mailing lists, to keep the references and sends two
different messages.
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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