Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!zib-berlin.de! news.th-darmstadt.de!rbhp81.rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de!wosch From: wo...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (olav woelfelschneider) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Linux is cool, man! Date: 6 Nov 1994 20:44:45 GMT Organization: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt Lines: 19 Message-ID: <39jf7t$32s@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: rbhp81.rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I've coupled a thermometer to my cpu and experienced an interesting effect: under Linux, the cpu is around 31-33 degrees Celsius (88-91F), while under Windoze, even when the machine is totally idle (screen blanked with the 'blank screen' screensaver), the temperature is between 47-50C (117-122F). I guess this is because Linux idles by doing hlt's, while Windoze performs busy waiting. Btw, its an i486DX2/66(the mask revision with the & sign) with a small fan. just found this rather amusing, again an argument for Linux, Olav -- /=====================================+======================================\ | Olav "Mac" Woelfelschneider | wo...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de | |-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | The most important question in the computer world is: | | Where is the memory? | \=====================================+======================================/
Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!xlink100!smurf.noris.de!msn!faulrs!fauern! news.th-darmstadt.de!News.Uni-Marburg.DE!news.belwue.de!news.dfn.de! Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet! ayrton.eideti.com!ayrton.eideti.com!not-for-mail From: dre...@ayrton.eideti.com (Andrew Veliath) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux is cool, man! Date: 9 Nov 1994 18:31:48 -0500 Organization: eideti.com Systems Corp. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <39rm54$r33@ayrton.eideti.com> References: <39jf7t$32s@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: ayrton.eideti.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : I've coupled a thermometer to my cpu and experienced an interesting effect: : under Linux, the cpu is around 31-33 degrees Celsius (88-91F), while under : Windoze, even when the machine is totally idle (screen blanked with the : 'blank screen' screensaver), the temperature is between 47-50C (117-122F). : I guess this is because Linux idles by doing hlt's, while Windoze performs : busy waiting. : Btw, its an i486DX2/66(the mask revision with the & sign) with a small fan. This is the best message I've seen all day ;-). Windows is a nervous wreck. Drew