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Overclockix 3.7 Released

Posted by michael on from the burn-baby-burn dept.

prostoalex writes "Overclockix 3.7 is released, available via bittorrent. It's a live Linux CD with a bunch of utilities for 'torturing' the PC hardware, hence the name. The authors seem to take a reasonable approach on graphical desktop, cutting out what they consider unnecessary eye candy, but leaving in the tools essential for effective GUI. 'Some new package highlights such as knoppix firewall, vlc, superkaramba, KDE 3.3.1, newer 2.6.7 kernel, NX client, and many more', the site says."

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  1. KDE? by eno2001 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Leaving out the unnecessary eye-candy? Wouldn't that be just about all of KDE? If they want to be truly thin, they can use twm. I don't get this contradiction though. KDE is anything but lightweight. Hell, even GNOME is lighter than KDE and it's still a beast.

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  2. Re:Torture the computer? by GuruBob · · Score: 0, Troll

    it's only overclocking if you know that spinning up the processor will result from your actions, if causing overclocking is not your objective, you lack the requisite specific intent even though the overclocker did not act in good faith.
    so...
    if you have a good-faith belief your actions will not result in overclocking, you lack the mental state necessary for your actions to constitute overclocking.

    no jury could possibly convict you if you're over clocking from Guantanamo;)

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