RE: Will Upgrading to V4R5 impact performance???

Forgive my ignorance about linux/unix.  But how much of the stuff you
mentioned that did grow is what would be considered part of OS/400?  Like
what functions does Gnome, Mozilla, etc perform?  And what database are
they running?  I was under the impression that the reason that linux/unix
was standard was that so much of the what is considered 'base' can be
compared to a rock versus a complete tool set.

Rob Berendt

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                    James Rich
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                    10/10/2001 11:25 AM
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Bale, Dan wrote:

> capacity for your 436?  Is there *any* OS upgrade out there (all
> vendors) that does *not* take more resources to operate than the
> previous levels?

*cough* linux *cough*

Seriously, I'm running new linux releases on old hardware that doesn't
seem to need upgrading.  But there are other things that demand better
hardware.  I like mozilla so much that I went and got more ram so that it
would run better.  My old 486 laptop doesn't have enough disk for
glibc-2.x so it is still at libc-5.  Gnome and KDE require more
disk/memory but the OS (kernel, C libraries - what I consider the OS) run
just as well on new as old hardware.  All my machines run bleeding edge
kernels (except the laptop - I get tired of waiting for the compile to
finish) and recent C libraries, and my newest machines were obtained when
Pentium 233 MHz were the latest in processor technology.

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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