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Re: Increasing minimum 'i386' processor



On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 21:09 +1100, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> > > I think that would be a pity if Debian will not provide anymore a kernel 
> > > for this old cpus.
> > 
> > Maybe you think it's a waste to replace old PCs, but in many cases it's
> > a waste of money to keep them running.  Electricity isn't getting any
> > cheaper and modern systems are much better at power-saving.
> 
> http://doc.coker.com.au/environment/computer-power-use/
> 
> From systems I've tested it seems that the trend has generally been towards 
> increased power use.  Core 2 systems use about half the power of a Pentium-D 
> system but that's more related to how bad then Pentium-D was than anything 
> else.
[...]

Try comparing some of the ARM systems that can run Debian.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.

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