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- From: fheitka@ibm.net (Frederick V. Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: Amiga vs. Pentium PC
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 11:43:26 GMT
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- In article <1996Jan8.170620.26873@ned.cray.com>, stiles@cray.com says...
- >
- >I would like to run a X11 GUI interface with at least 1024x768 resolution
- under
- >either Linux or NetBSD. My question is which would be better to spend money
- >on: upgrading the memory, disk, and graphics card on my A3000 or to get a
- >pentium pc. My estimate is that I will spend about half on upgrading the
- A3000.
-
- If you want to use the A3000, definately get the graphics card. Otherwise
- you will be stuck running at 640 x 400 and b&w X. As far as speed, Amiga
- Linux seems slower that it's PC counterparts, even on comparable CPU's.
- From what I have read, Linux is tied to the task switching features of the
- X86 CPU rather heavily.
-
- I have Linux on my 486DX2 PC and my A4000. The Amiga version is coming
- along nicely, but IMHO is not as good as the PC version yet. Mostly due
- to lack of drivers for various peripherals, like SCSI and graphics cards
- and a complete, easy to set up distribution.
-
- You absolutely need a high resolution fast graphics card to run X
- productively. Good graphics cards are 2-3 times the cost of their PC
- counterparts. Also there is no distribution, like Slackware for Amiga
- Linux and AFAIK, no Motif if you need it. So you need to roll your own,
- track down the latest versions of system utilities, libraries, and binaries,
- and so forth.
-
- My hat is off to the various people supporting Amiga Linux, though, they are
- very helpful.
-
- I wonder how many folks are actually using Linux or NetBSD on Amigas?
-
- Fred Heitkamp
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