Re: my dual channel DDR 400 RAM won't work on any linux distro

From: mbs (mbs@mc.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 07:46:37 EST


On Wednesday 16 April 2003 12:10, Chris Friesen wrote:
>
> Linux often shows up memory problems when M$ doesn't since it is a) more
> aggressive in its use of memory, and b) capable of driving cpu and chipset
> closer to their theoretical limits.
>
<not flamebait, honest question>
you hear this all the time, but do we really have any empirical evidence
proving this, or is it just what we say to make ourselves feel good when
Linux won't run on hardware that works fine under other os's?
</not flamebait, honest question>

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