Re: What are the Bogomips for a P166?

1999-04-23 Thread Allen Wong
Pedro, You should really ignore the BogoMIPS rating. It doesn't make any sense. On my dual 90MHz Pentium, I get 72 BogoMIPS. On my notebook computer running a 200MHz MMX Pentium, I get 399 BogoMIPS. And on my 300 MHz Pentium II, I get 307 BogoMIPS. It makes no sense whatsoever. Furthermo

Cheapbytes Debian 2.1 - Thanks

1999-04-13 Thread Allen Wong
Hey everybody! Thanks for all the advice. I'll try it again. Allen -- Linux: If you're not careful, you might actually learn something.

Re: Cheapbytes Debian 2.1

1999-04-13 Thread Allen Wong
Mark Wagnon wrote: > > Allen Wong wrote: > > > > Has anyone successfully installed Debian 2.1 from a Cheapbytes CD? > > I keep getting error messages with dselect stating that some of the > > packages are out of date and I need a newer version. I am a newbie with

Cheapbytes Debian 2.1

1999-04-13 Thread Allen Wong
Has anyone successfully installed Debian 2.1 from a Cheapbytes CD? I keep getting error messages with dselect stating that some of the packages are out of date and I need a newer version. I am a newbie with Debian but not with Linux, having installed redhat and Slackware many times. Allen -- Li

Official Debian

1999-02-22 Thread Allen Wong
If I find a piece of software useful, I buy it. With this small gesture, I hope to support and encourage those developers to continue their work. Does anyone know where I can buy an official Debian Linux package? I know LSL sells an "official" Debian CD, but the price is under $5. Is this the g