[tech] [committee] Want

[Bob Adamson]

In terms of primary linux boxes (that only run linux, not dual booting 
with windows, not thinterm, and not broken^w solaris), we have humpback 
and pinball.

Humpback:
P4 3.00GHz, 1GB DDR1 533 (in 512MB sticks), slow wd green hdd, no optical 
drive, (doesn't even have usb2 I believe).

Pinball:
P4 3.00GHz, 1GB DDR2 667, wd caviar 80G hdd, dvd-rom

Pinball is maybe passable, but Humpback leaves a lot to be desired, 
especially since it's such a heavily used machine.

Andrew Adamson
UCC President
bob at ucc.asn.au

|"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
| ---Peter's Laws                                                        |

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Matt Johnston wrote:

> What's the spec on the linux boxes that are currently slow?
> Perhaps X11 apps are just inherently not as responsive as
> Windows or Mac OS X?
> 
> Matt
> 
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 04:25:46PM +0800, Bob Adamson wrote:
> > A close reader of the committee minutes over the past few weeks (months?) 
> > will have noticed my ongoing complaints about our linux boxen being shit 
> > slow. I was tasked with coming up with something, so I did:
> > 
> > $$$  Item
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 89   Coolermaster elite 360 case with 420W psu
> > 149  Asus M5A88-M USB3 AM3 mobo
> > 118  8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz G.Skill 2X4Gb Kit Ripjaws-X 12800 Heatsinkb
> > 249  120Gb Corsair Force 3 SSD 2.5" SATA3 550/510 MB/s HDD SF-2200 CSSD-F120GB3-BK
> > 138  AMD Phenom II X4 QUAD Core 965 3.4G SKT AM3 8Mb RETAIL 125W / 140W X4
> > 79   LG CH10LS20 Blu RAY Combo Reads BluRay Writes DVD 8X BD-R SATA DVDRW Lightscribe
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 822  total
> > 
> > All from netplus. We already have all the peripherals, screens, etc, so 
> > this is just the box.
> > 
> > kthxbye
> > 
> > Andrew Adamson
> > UCC President
> > bob at ucc.asn.au
> > 
> > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
> > | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
>