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Linux Desktop Clustering - Pick Your Pricerange

Posted by timothy on from the cheapness-rocks dept.

crashlight writes: "A Linux cluster on the desktop--Rocket Calc just announced their 8-processor "personal" cluster in a mid-tower-sized box. Starting at $4500, you get 8 Celeron 800MHz processors, each with 256MB RAM and a 100Mbps ethernet connection. The box also has an integrated 100Mbps switch. Plus it's sexy." Perhaps less sexy, but for a lot less money, you can also run a cluster of Linux (virtual) machines on your desktop on middle-of-the-road hardware. See this followup on Grant Gross's recent piece on Virtual Machines over at Newsforge.

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  1. Why is Timothy badmouthing... by SpookComix · · Score: 3, Troll
    ...the articles he posts? Tim, baby, if you don't like or agree with the article, either don't post it or keep your opinion to yourself.

    I know I'll get modded down for this, but here's an example:

    Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 22, @02:45PM
    JackBlack tells us about the "unbelievable deal you can get at KMart on all their overstocked computers and periphials! You won't believe the kind of prices on these things! I don't know about you people, but I'd rather swallow Draino than buy boxen from Big K! But, shit, whatever, I guess.

    Timothy is his own conflict of interest.

    What is happening to Slashdot these days?

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  2. Linux not ready for the desktop [was Re:Expensive] by M$Marketing · · Score: 0, Troll

    I agree. I don't see how Linux will ever be ready for the desktop. First of all it's expensive. The actually costs of upgrading hardware is not reasonable. Secondly, who is going to spend time programming software that they can't sell? It's great for people who need to learn about what is out there, but there just aren't any options available. Third, this whole article reaks of hypocrisy. They say Linux is free and runs better than our products, yet you have to upgrade to use the desktop. With our OS, you don't need more than one processor to use the desktop. It's just not practical to use Linex.

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  3. Re:Linux not ready for the desktop [was Re:Expensi by M$Marketing · · Score: 0, Troll
    another example of how Microsoft is becoming a bloated toy not useful to anyone anymore.. what happened to the innovation?
    Many of our products run on 486 computers. I've been using computers since XTs. When the 486 came out we upgraded our software to make good use of the hardware. *That's* what happens when we innovate! Can X Windows and Netscape run fast on a 486?
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