I'd always go as minimal as possible to have the most resources available for things I want to run, not for things I have to run.
this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
19 points (100.0% liked)
Programmer Humor
32483 readers
573 users here now
Post funny things about programming here! (Or just rant about your favourite programming language.)
Rules:
- Posts must be relevant to programming, programmers, or computer science.
- No NSFW content.
- Jokes must be in good taste. No hate speech, bigotry, etc.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
I can still remember running Windows 3.1 on my Windows 98 Pentium machine (booted into DOS 7.0). The sheer responsiveness... In a blink of an eye the system was ready, apps would open. The last time I felt this kind of responsive speed was running KolibriOS: http://www.kolibrios.org/en/
I've run plenty of low resource OSes/Distros on low-end hardware but... there's nothing sweeter than running low resource OSes on high end hardware - it feels like the future (the way it was suppose to be).
Last time I booted tinycore was on my Compaq TC1000 with the quantum cpu transmeta crusoe 👌
Dumb question. Why should someone ever buy a HDD nowadays?
This will blow your mind, but datacenters still buy tapes. It's just stupid cheap. In the future, chemical storage by DNA or something similar might play the same role for cold storage.
16TB 7200 RPM the same price as a 2TB NVME.
Do you want 2TB super fast or 16TB that still can transfer at decent speeds?
The answer is yes.
Maybe its just me buying "old" technology like the 24-core threadripper but how are y'alls putting more than 128GB in your mobos?
At home 32 to 64GiB is plenty. For the data center I generally order 384GiB now. It varies depending on use case.