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    From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.computer.workshop on Thu Oct 30 06:10:39 2025
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    "I have a dream..."

    That all the feuding and politicking were to move to acw, where it belongs.

    Please don't feed the obvious trolls.

    ObLinux:

    $ grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | uniq
    model name : AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core Processor

    What do you have under your hood?
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    "To err is human. To blame someone else is politics."
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  • From David B.@BD@hotmail.co.uk to alt.computer.workshop,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Thu Oct 30 08:44:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 30/10/2025 06:10, vallor wrote:
    "I have a dream..."

    [....]

    I saw you on a music site recently. That was a surprise!

    What do you think of this chap's viewpoint?

    I would like YOUR opinion on what this fellow says here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USEelGqoYu4

    It's happening in the USA too.

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  • From Farley Flud@ff@linux.rocks to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Thu Oct 30 15:45:58 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:10:39 +0000, vallor wrote:


    ObLinux:

    $ grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | uniq
    model name : AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core Processor

    What do you have under your hood?


    I am currently on my oldest machine, made in 2014:

    [~]# grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | uniq
    model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz

    However, due to highly optimized kernel, glibc, and other software
    this 10yo machine can beat the latest hardware.

    Consider the scimark4 results (single thread) which former COLA
    denizen "Melzzz" would not believe because they came close to his
    revered Apple M2:

    ** **
    ** SciMark4 Numeric Benchmark, see http://math.nist.gov/scimark **
    ** for details. (Results can be submitted to pozo@nist.gov) **
    ** **
    Using 2.00 seconds min time per kenel.

    FFT Mflops: 2020.59 (N=1024)
    SOR Mflops: 2114.88 (100 x 100)
    MonteCarlo: Mflops: 1027.05
    Sparse matmult Mflops: 2349.31 (N=1000, nz=5000)
    LU Mflops: 6768.17 (M=100, N=100)

    ************************************
    Composite Score: 2856.00
    ************************************

    IIRC, the Apple M2 composite score was about 3400.

    Conclusion:

    Most distro lackeys need the latest powerful hardware to compensate
    for their inherently crippled, generically-tuned software.

    What fucking dupes! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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