On Mon, 21 Nov 2011, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > > I think that would be a pity if Debian will not provide anymore a kernel > > for this old cpus. > > Maybe you think it's a waste to replace old PCs, but in many cases it's > a waste of money to keep them running. Electricity isn't getting any > cheaper and modern systems are much better at power-saving.
http://doc.coker.com.au/environment/computer-power-use/ From systems I've tested it seems that the trend has generally been towards increased power use. Core 2 systems use about half the power of a Pentium-D system but that's more related to how bad then Pentium-D was than anything else. My old Cobolt Qube took less power than any other non-laptop I tested and the P3 desktop systems I still use as low-end servers beat anything else I can get for free. In terms of CPU features the least capable system I run is now my EeePC 701 and it seems that you aren't planning to drop support for that. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201111212109.58475.russ...@coker.com.au
