[clue-talk] Why X? [long, with provocative questions]

[Angelo Bertolli]

> It was an objective statement, since I was comparing her machine with 
> mine. And I have to disappoint you--it's about 600 Mhz, with about 
> 128MB of RAM (so actually she has a faster CPU and less RAM). But, 
> see, that's part of what I'm talking about. It really wasn't very long 
> ago that that machine would have been considered plenty fast. Now 
> everyone despises it  as "ancient." Seems like the Linux world has 
> given in to the artificial "need" to keep buying faster and faster 
> hardware.

Well, it was about 5 years ago when that would be considered a new 
system.  I'm sure there are reasons why Linux requires more air to 
breathe, but if you're interested I still have ISO's that stretch back 
to RH 5.2 (I might have to double check).