Re: Newbie.. Help!
>Confusing observation:
>I am using a Pentium II 350 MHz with 128MB RAM, with windows98 for
>intensive algorithms (coherent integration)--aprox. 175 billion
calculations
>per work unit. (The SETI@home project, a fascinating project
itself.)
> On my system average CPU work time is over 40 hrs per unit.
>I have noticed that platforms using : i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1
are
>averaging 18 hrs per unit!
Well, that's Linux! Win98 isn't much on efficient use of system
resources.
>Question 1: How can linux help a CPU perform these calculations at
twice the
>speed, or am I missing something here?
See above.
>Question 2: Considering my above statement concerning my ignorance
of OS's,
>should I even be considering abandoning windows in favor of linux ?
Depends. Can you afford to buy a second computer- a used 486 for a
couple hundred dollars? Then, yes. If ou only have one computer, and
one hard drive- it's going to be a great deal harder to learn. I
started by putting a second hard drive in my main machine- great for
installing and learning the basics (though I'm beginning to get really
pissed off about ppp.....) and I don't have to worry about file system
integrity between the two systems.
I'm in the proccess of putting together a couple of 486 boxes and
a used sparc-1, so it'kk get a great deal easier. (Namely I can reach
all the online resources through the win bax without booting from os
to os.)
But- that is the best answer, IMO. Snag a second hand obsolete
computer and start setting up Linux. You'll get all the help you need
through people's web pages and this list.
Koyote.
>Any help greatly appreciated--
>Art Brown
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