Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 12938
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2004/3/30 [Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:12938 Activity:nil
3/30    Tomehardware has a piece on switching to Linux. Thly shoud re-run
        their CPU comparison test on Linux. It could now include the 386
        and 486.  http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040329
        \_ Linux is for people who enjoy building, installing, and configuring
           for its own sake.
           \- and not doing any work since that has now soaked up all
              your time.
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