i686 optimization
Nils Brünggel
n.bruenggel at gmail.com
Tue Jun 13 07:24:51 UTC 2006
> Ultimately, no. For one, too many users still use actual 586 class hardware,
> such as the crappy Pentium I machines setup for dumb terminals and
> firewall/lan apache duty.
> There are also the K6, K6-2, and K6-3 processors which will not run 686
> binaries. These machines make great desktops, and are quite prolific.
I don't see the point here. The new gnome and kde uses that many
resources that you are unable to run it on old hardware (or it will be
very slow)
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