__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 08 October 2006 08:50 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Handover Phist <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> I've just installed Slackware 11 on my desktop machine. I use Gnome as a
>> desktop and find KDE a little irritating. It just has quirks I dont
>> like. My Gnome desktop doesn't work with Slack 11 so I revertad to a
>> desktop I used to use. It's a Fluxbox WM with Rox as the desktop.
>>
>> I had forgotten how fast and smooth this machine could operate. I was
>> tempted by eye-candy and taken in. The speed this desktop system works
>> at is phenomenal! It took a few minutes for the old habits to kick in
>> but once they did every application opened and ran faster than anything
>> I've seen in months. When it comes to performance, I havent seen a
>> system that beats it in years.
>>
>> Damn, I just went from driving a good looking vehicle to driving a good
>> looking vehicle with a thousand more horses under the hood.
>>
>
> Raw horses versus gold plate? Well, for most uses, the raw horses are
> probably best.
Why be so smug? Other platforms have horses too. Sure, they are Trojan, but
still...
Best wishes,
Roy
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