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Early 70s if you please.Originally posted by AtW View PostYears of his life to learn tulipe command line interfaces from the 80s...Comment
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Quite so. I'm on Mint 17.2. It hardly registers any load on my my 8-core / 8GB laptop. Unlike the Windows 8 distribution that came with it. This often happens when you install Linux on a modern PC. They are dimensioned for windows - very bloated and slow - and so are over specced for Linux.Originally posted by LondonManc View PostI've got a dual boot Windows 7/Ubuntu desktop PC and linux is so much quicker. Unless I need Windows specific apps I'll let Ubuntu load up.Comment
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Applying the same principle you'd also find that the ZX Spectrum OS would run really fast on an 8-core i7 PC.Originally posted by unixman View PostQuite so. I'm on Mint 17.2. It hardly registers any load on my my 8-core / 8GB laptop. Unlike the Windows 8 distribution that came with it. This often happens when you install Linux on a modern PC. They are dimensioned for windows - very bloated and slow - and so are over specced for Linux.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Indeed you would, if they were the same architecture.Originally posted by VectraMan View PostApplying the same principle you'd also find that the ZX Spectrum OS would run really fast on an 8-core i7 PC.Comment
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"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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