i586 kernels [Was: very common kernel modules slow down the boot process]

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 13:38 -0500, Mike Cronenworth wrote:
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re: i586 kernels [Was: very common kernel modules slow down 
> the	boot process]
> From: Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de>
> To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
> Date: 04/08/2008 10:15 AM
> 
> > On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 09:55 -0500, Mike Cronenworth wrote:
> > 
> >>>>  or am I missing something else?
> >>> Bring along a lot of time ... installation/updates are really slow ;)
> >>>
> >> Not to sound *too* negative, but is there a donation fund where I can 
> >> put $5 so you guys with i586s can upgrade? Good lord.
> >>
> >> I'm sure if you melted down the gold, copper, and steel in the i586 
> >> computers you guys have you could *easily* afford a Core 2 Quad with 4 
> >> gigs of DDR2.
> > What you are missing: There are other aspects besides "being able to
> > afford a Core 2 Quad", ...
> > 
> > ... if I were interested in running a "multimedia desktop" (which I
> > presume is the direction certain folks are trying to drive Fedora into),
> > I'd probably use Vista or buy a Mac.
> > 
> 
> Going further OT here.
> 
> So you wish to say Linux isn't "multimedia competent?"
No, I am not saying this.

I say *Fedora* has taken a road which is leading away from where Linux
has had it's genuine domains and which had made Linux interesting.

Fedora is on the road to become a single-user, single-seat operating
system only being suitable for high end machines. It's things like
multi-user capabilities and deployment to "recycled low end hardware"
which I feel are going down the drain.

Ralf