[Novalug] Why I like Linux

[Kevin Kitts]

I have a Pentium II/266 in my basement that serves as a file server in my
house. I've shut down almost all services - and the performance it provides
over a wired 100 Mb switched network is just amazing. It gets quite a bit of
use - but rarely is more than 1 person at a time accessing it.

I do feel a bit guilty about running it 24/7 though since a newer machine
might use a lot less power.

Kevin

On 5/2/07, Keith Casey <mailinglists at caseysoftware.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/2/07, Ed James <edjames at greenbelt.com> wrote:
> > It's got Linux on it now.  It's a happy machine. And it's not
> > in a landfill now.  Nuff said. :P
>
> I had an AMD-K6 (7?) that was a couple years old when I got it in 2001
> and ran almost continuously as my file server until last summer when
> hardware issues encouraged me to shut it down.  Drive space was the
> only limiting factor and once I added a scsi card and ide raid in 2003
> or so, even that became irrelevant.
>
> kc
>
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