>Thanks group for the great answers on the Linux vs Win98 question for
>calculation speeds.
>One thing puzzles me though -- the fastest platform listed for the
algorithm
>work unit (175 billion calculations) is an Alpha/Windows
combination -7hr 20
>min!
>( vs Intel/Linux -18 hr; vs Sparc/Solari
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Any comments about the DEC Alpha vs the UltraSparc? And also discovered
> that Solaris supports 64 bit processors, whereas Linux doesn't?
Linux does support 64-bit processors. Both alphas and ultra-sparcs.
-Mitch
Thanks group for the great answers on the Linux vs Win98 question for
calculation speeds.
One thing puzzles me though -- the fastest platform listed for the algorithm
work unit (175 billion calculations) is an Alpha/Windows combination -7hr 20
min!
( vs Intel/Linux -18 hr; vs Sparc/Solaris -15 hr
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