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Fedora Developers Discussing Possibility Of Dropping Legacy BIOS Support
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Originally posted by Tomin View Post
It was Phenom II X4 955BE and not the older Phenom with four digit model names. Also the motherboard (Asus M5A78L/USB3) has AM3+ socket and supports FX processors although the chipset might not be the best for those.
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Originally posted by Giovanni Fabbro View PostIt looks like they're adopting a zram thing instead. One question about that: when you have a low-RAM system with only, say, 4GB of RAM, they're allocating 2GB of that to compressed swap assuming you get a 2:1 compression, so only another 4GB of usable swap space, but you're only left with 2GB usable out of real physical RAM? So what happens if you still go over the total of 6GB (assuming your data CAN be compressed at 2:1 - which they can't guarantee)? You're just going to get an OOM condition? Seems like a silly idea to me for systems that really need to use swap. Can someone explain the reasoning behind this?
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Originally posted by Giovanni Fabbro View PostI'd rather protect my system with an extra $15 for a power bar with lifetime warranty and equipment insurance (APC) than pay $150 for a power supply where only a $50 one is necessary.
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Originally posted by tildearrow View Post
Legacy means old, dated, deprecated and superseded by something better.
The last few machines with BIOS were released in 2012. My old broken laptop used BIOS, despite being made in 2012.
However, it's been 8 years already. This does not mean everyone has dropped BIOS though (but some call it legacy because it is in fact old and crusty (since 1980, only a 512-byte bootstrap)).
Fedora just likes to drop old things quick, the Apple way.
When the iPad 1 came out, the support lifecycle for software updates on iPhone and iPad were to be 2 years (the length of time of a US mobile phone subsidy contract), while Mac's were to have 4 years of software updates. They backed away from that policy after the iPad 2 shipped. The iPad 1 did in fact only get 2 years of iOS updates though - iOS 3.x (factory shipped) to 5.x. The iPad 2 got several.
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Originally posted by Giovanni Fabbro View PostIn any case, wasn't that back when they were only putting 1 integer unit per 2 float unit in "modules"? Like, they weren't really 2 proper "cores"?
Originally posted by Giovanni Fabbro View PostDidn't they count fp units with dedicated cache as a "core" but in actuality it was one "module" even though OS vendors counted a "core" as a whole CPU unit with an int+fp+cache as a core until Microsoft caved and redefined it?
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Originally posted by pal666 View Posttogether with legacy hardware? wasn't it like one of linux strengths?
Backwards compatibility is only a strength in the static enterprise world where innovation and ingenuity are seen as a liability.
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Originally posted by pal666 View Postyou can't make $50 psu produce correct voltages with good efficiency with any amount of power bars
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