Re: Is Linux much easier to install on 68k or PPC?
> >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Blaney <Jim.Blaney@cais.cais.com> writes:
> Jim> Can anyone give me non-emotional advice on whether Linux
> Jim> would install "much easier" on an apple system than on an
> Jim> intel box?
>
> Since you asked for advice, here's mine: Buy an intel box consisting
> exclusively of inexpensive components. You're almost certain not to
> have any trouble. For example: standard no-name PCI motherboard with
> 256K synchronous cache, Intel or AMD Pentium-type chip (midrange Hz is
Good post; I agree. My own server machine here at home (very non-critical)
has two IDE hard drives and a SCSI CD-ROM, all attached to a VLB
SCSI/IDE controller which I bought out of the junk basket from a local
electronics store for $5. Works great under Linux. The rest of the
system is a 486-33 motherboard and cpu I got for nothing,
12mb of RAM, 4mb in 30 pin simms, cranky old IDEs, a soundblaster
cdrom, etc. Linux works well on it. Not for development for me,
but a good web/smb/netware/print server.
But I think you're overlooking the Cyrix unfairly. A Cyrix 6x86-P166
costs about 1/3rd of the price of a Pentium 166 here in Australia,
and according to the benchmarks, integer performance exceeds the Intel
chip. In real life, the P166+ offers far better value for money than
the Pentium 166, unless you intend to do a lot of stuff which
can benefit from the Intel's few true advantages: faster FPU,
different memory optimisations, etc. I've been using such a system
as my own workstation, under DOS, Linux, Win95, and OS/2 Warp4
for several months and it's terrific. Intel's prices are extortion
in comparison. I could not justify the price of Pentium 166 and
would probably be using a Pentium 120 if it weren't for Cyrix.
To date, AMD K5 chips are only available in fairly low speeds,
Pentium 100 equivalent or so. Pentium 100 seems to be a little
below entry level here now.
hamish
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