Does this mean I'll be able to listen to loud music in my cubicle now without bugging my coworkers?
Re:KDE 2.0 runs well on crappy hardware
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Interesting.... My crappy hardware consists of a Pentium MMX 200 with 48Mb RAM. And Helixgnome seems to run faster than KDE2, especially if you have more than one or two apps running.
I guess that KDE2 uses more memory than Helixgnome, so if you have less than 64Mb RAM this will slow it down because of the high swap space usage.
So it really depends on exactly what crappy hardware you have as to which DE will work better for you.
Does anyone know how much *extra* space KDE2 takes up compared to KDE1? I downloaded the RPMs for Redhat 6.2, but when I try to u/g I get messages telling me I need lots more space than what I have.... How much does it really need?
No matter what kind of process you use to turn fuel into energy, we need to remember that a certain amount of energy is needed to propel one vehicle a certain distance.
The only things that make a difference are the efficiency of the process (from fuel to kinetic energy) and the weight of the vehicle (plus friction, but this is minor compared to weight).
So long as we all keep on driving around in our cars, even if they are of light weight and use an efficient process, that energy has to come from *somewhere*.
This means, mostly, fossil fuels. These are a) messy and b) going to run out sometime (a recent WIRED article suggests otherwise - that there is a vastly larger amount of hydrocarbons down there than we think - and therefore a whole lot more potential for polluting the atmosphere into an unbreathable state).
The whole point of this rant is this: we have to get our asses in gear re alternative energy ASAP or cut down on vehicle usage.
But these both look like unlikely possibilities.
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If it's metric, it should be tonne, not ton...
Tufte's site only has the first couple of paragraphs. Wired has the full article.
Great! So my next digital camera will use ReiserFS!
OK, so they explained how they calculated the number of stars.
But i'm still waiting for them to explain how they calculated the number of grains of sand...
In fact he's a bit thick.
Does this mean I'll be able to listen to loud music in my cubicle now without bugging my coworkers?
Interesting.... My crappy hardware consists of a Pentium MMX 200 with 48Mb RAM. And Helixgnome seems to run faster than KDE2, especially if you have more than one or two apps running.
I guess that KDE2 uses more memory than Helixgnome, so if you have less than 64Mb RAM this will slow it down because of the high swap space usage.
So it really depends on exactly what crappy hardware you have as to which DE will work better for you.
Does anyone know how much *extra* space KDE2 takes up compared to KDE1? I downloaded the RPMs for Redhat 6.2, but when I try to u/g I get messages telling me I need lots more space than what I have.... How much does it really need?
No matter what kind of process you use to turn fuel into energy, we need to remember that a certain amount of energy is needed to propel one vehicle a certain distance. The only things that make a difference are the efficiency of the process (from fuel to kinetic energy) and the weight of the vehicle (plus friction, but this is minor compared to weight). So long as we all keep on driving around in our cars, even if they are of light weight and use an efficient process, that energy has to come from *somewhere*. This means, mostly, fossil fuels. These are a) messy and b) going to run out sometime (a recent WIRED article suggests otherwise - that there is a vastly larger amount of hydrocarbons down there than we think - and therefore a whole lot more potential for polluting the atmosphere into an unbreathable state). The whole point of this rant is this: we have to get our asses in gear re alternative energy ASAP or cut down on vehicle usage. But these both look like unlikely possibilities.