Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 26th Nov 2007 10:16 UTC
Linux The creator of Linux is excited about solid-state drives, expects progress in graphics and wireless networking, and says the operating system is strong in virtualization despite his personal lack of interest in the area.
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RE: Torvalds Akbar
by Freeway on Tue 27th Nov 2007 04:41 UTC in reply to "Torvalds Akbar"
Freeway
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2007-11-27

I always love hearing a computer start up.. I guess I've just gotten used to it since my old intel 286 days where you here the computer slowly wind up, and then........"Beeep!!!".

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RE[2]: Torvalds Akbar
by raver31 on Tue 27th Nov 2007 07:54 in reply to "RE: Torvalds Akbar"
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2005-07-06

I had an old Amstrad PC2286, it had a noisy 40mb hard drive, and an even noisier cooling fan. It sort of growled rather than humming that you associate with PC's nowadays.

It was retired after Metallica tried to play in my city, but they were drowned out by my computer.

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