Linux has it's own way
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I tried the beta version of Ubuntu 11.4. The OS feels very zappy and the UI renders smooth and fast even on my old Centrino Duo with 2GB RAM and a wheezing HDD. It runs leagues faster than Windows XP, which had almost all non essential services turned off and no software running unnecessarily. The weird thing was when I switched on WiFi in Ubuntu, the LED indicator on the panel for WiFi started blinking a la lanman style. It's never happened with Windows XP, Vista or Win 7. I know it must be the way the drivers are written, but I was confused for a few seconds. I never imagined that those tiny LED's could be controlled to blink programmatically. I also double checked because the first version of Redhat which I tried installing on my old Pentium 1 133 MHz system burnt out the graphics card; mostly because I must have messed up with the driver configuration. The graphics card in question had a EPROM, the first one I had actually seen with my own eyes; and I was studying about them in my school curriculum. Edit: I meant EPROM and not EEPROM.
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
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I tried the beta version of Ubuntu 11.4. The OS feels very zappy and the UI renders smooth and fast even on my old Centrino Duo with 2GB RAM and a wheezing HDD. It runs leagues faster than Windows XP, which had almost all non essential services turned off and no software running unnecessarily. The weird thing was when I switched on WiFi in Ubuntu, the LED indicator on the panel for WiFi started blinking a la lanman style. It's never happened with Windows XP, Vista or Win 7. I know it must be the way the drivers are written, but I was confused for a few seconds. I never imagined that those tiny LED's could be controlled to blink programmatically. I also double checked because the first version of Redhat which I tried installing on my old Pentium 1 133 MHz system burnt out the graphics card; mostly because I must have messed up with the driver configuration. The graphics card in question had a EPROM, the first one I had actually seen with my own eyes; and I was studying about them in my school curriculum. Edit: I meant EPROM and not EEPROM.
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
SimulationofSai wrote:
I was studying about them in my school curriculum
Don't tell me: Ancient history? God, but I feel old somedays...
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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SimulationofSai wrote:
I was studying about them in my school curriculum
Don't tell me: Ancient history? God, but I feel old somedays...
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
OriginalGriff wrote:
Don't tell me: Ancient history?
Actually yes, the history of computing. Well, this was 13 years ago. :-D
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Don't tell me: Ancient history?
Actually yes, the history of computing. Well, this was 13 years ago. :-D
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
Thirteen years is probably about the same time I last created an EPROM... :laugh:
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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I tried the beta version of Ubuntu 11.4. The OS feels very zappy and the UI renders smooth and fast even on my old Centrino Duo with 2GB RAM and a wheezing HDD. It runs leagues faster than Windows XP, which had almost all non essential services turned off and no software running unnecessarily. The weird thing was when I switched on WiFi in Ubuntu, the LED indicator on the panel for WiFi started blinking a la lanman style. It's never happened with Windows XP, Vista or Win 7. I know it must be the way the drivers are written, but I was confused for a few seconds. I never imagined that those tiny LED's could be controlled to blink programmatically. I also double checked because the first version of Redhat which I tried installing on my old Pentium 1 133 MHz system burnt out the graphics card; mostly because I must have messed up with the driver configuration. The graphics card in question had a EPROM, the first one I had actually seen with my own eyes; and I was studying about them in my school curriculum. Edit: I meant EPROM and not EEPROM.
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
SimulationofSai wrote:
The graphics card in question had a EPROM, the first one I had actually seen with my own eyes; and I was studying about them in my school curriculum.
Wow. I feel ancient. I remember sticking those things under a UV light to erase them. And you've "studied about them". hahahaha. I was drooling when the first 256K EPROM came out! Marc
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SimulationofSai wrote:
The graphics card in question had a EPROM, the first one I had actually seen with my own eyes; and I was studying about them in my school curriculum.
Wow. I feel ancient. I remember sticking those things under a UV light to erase them. And you've "studied about them". hahahaha. I was drooling when the first 256K EPROM came out! Marc
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SimulationofSai wrote:
The graphics card in question had a EPROM, the first one I had actually seen with my own eyes; and I was studying about them in my school curriculum.
Wow. I feel ancient. I remember sticking those things under a UV light to erase them. And you've "studied about them". hahahaha. I was drooling when the first 256K EPROM came out! Marc
I'm glad they invented EEPROM, I use it regularly and it would just annoy me having to wait so long for UV to erase it :laugh:
See if you can crack this: b749f6c269a746243debc6488046e33f
So far, no one seems to have cracked this!The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Don't tell me: Ancient history?
Actually yes, the history of computing. Well, this was 13 years ago. :-D
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
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SimulationofSai wrote:
The graphics card in question had a EPROM, the first one I had actually seen with my own eyes; and I was studying about them in my school curriculum.
Wow. I feel ancient. I remember sticking those things under a UV light to erase them. And you've "studied about them". hahahaha. I was drooling when the first 256K EPROM came out! Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
I remember sticking those things under a UV light to erase them
I did that too. I did not have a UV lamp back then, but the water purifier had a high power UV filtration system and I ended up stripping it and using that. It was kinda weird trying to erase an EPROM over the kitchen sink though :-D
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
