Mar
07
2007
Old computers.
Posted by: Gustavo Felisberto in Gentoo, Geral, tags: Gentoo, old_computersOld computers never die….. They just get so darn slow that we pause staring at the screen and feel our beard grow while they end the task at hand.
Some friends used to complain that Gentoo would take for ever to build something. Considering I installed a Gentoo machine every year and left it overnight building the system I thought they were wrong. But now I’m not so shure. I’m building alot of packages, and rebuilding alot for my internship project, and I’m using old old machines. And they are so slow!!!! 
I must say that my “build mule” is a AMD Duron(tm) processor clocked at 800Mhz …. Good think I follow solar’s advices and use binpackages ….. To build glibc five times a day would be no fun….. no fun at all.
Entries (RSS)
My first Gentoo instalation was on a Pentium 200 MMX… It was such a “good experience” that the instalation never reached its end
I used Gentoo on a AMD K6-2 300MHz (I think) till 2004, has my home computer. Rebuilding the whole system would take a week, with OpenOffice and all.
Fortunately I didn’t depend on it to work.
A comment with no connection to old computers.
Olá Gustavo! Andava Eu à procura do endereço da Embaixada de Portugal em Helsínquia no google e deparei-me com o teu blog e não resisti dar uma olhadela. A viver em Helsínquia? (o termómetro não engana;), tenho um igual no meu computador e outro real na janela). Interessado em trocar informações?
Ops, não te chamas Gustavo, mas Paula. E pelo que percebi já estás de volta a Portugal.:( Mas se tiveres interessada a dar umas dicas…
Vanessa: sim, é como o Mind Booster Noori diz
, mas se tiveres alguma questão deixo aqui o meu email:
ppsimoes at gmail dot com