Leonard Ong wrote:
Dear Friends,
I would like to ask several questions :
1) Is there much different, if I have an accelerated svga card (S3 Virge/DX), using either Accelerated or non Accelerated Xserver ( e.g. X_SVGA and X_S3V ). Since When I use MpegTV The frame rate not much differ using both x server just differ about 10 0f cpu utilization.
Personally I'd go for the accelerated server. (suppose this is the faster one you mention)
3) Would it be okay if I install live system, then w/o remove it/ disconnect I just umount it ( since I have only 1 CD-ROM, then use the CD-ROM for other purposes ) ?
your filesystem contains soft links to your life-system. if you start a program that is realy on the life system, you get an error message with the file system unmounted. You should be able to swap disks, as long as there are no aktive processes to the life system. (otherwise you cannot umount)
7) One of my friend once said using modules is slower than hard compiling it. Is it true ?
it depends. yes, the module has to be auto loaded (kerneld) the sense is to save system memory. as long as you dont print, printing code (modul) is not in memory. suppose you won't bother to wait a few microseconds more for a printout. a modul, that has not been used for a while, is removed from the memory. Total kernel size can be another problem, as seen in the list. I think in generel it's not worth to bother.
10) Online in slow modem e.g. 33,6 same speed in Linux / windows ? or one better than another ?
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