[tech] [committee] Want

[Matt Johnston]

I'd say chuck another gig or two of ram in those ones and they'd
work pretty well.

Matt

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 07:35:22PM +0800, Bob Adamson wrote:
> 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                                                        |
> >