Linux uses some Pentium features which are public, but which the Cyrix does
not support. A Pentium compiled kernel will not run correctly on a
a Cyrix processor. Luckily there are some Cyrix users who've been working
on a Cyrix patch for the kernel, which ought to help the Cyrix processor
run circles around an equivalently clocked Pentium.
Flame retardant: Cyrix has put out a wonderful processor that does it's
designed job (run Windows faster than a Pentium) exceedingly well. It just
isn't 100% Pentium compatible, which _does_ matter to Linux because it
uses every trick in the book (and some that may not be).
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net My home page http://www.redhat.com/~aem/ Linux Plug-and-Play Project Leader. See URL http://www.redhat.com/pnp/Red Hat Software sponsors these pages - I have no other affilitation with Red Hat Software, and I have never used any of their products.