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Why so slow? As a “this will never work” stop-gap when my laptop died, I put the latest Manjaro Linux on a Core Dou iMac ( early 2008 ) to use for work that day
by LeFantome 5y ago
Why so slow? As a “this will never work” stop-gap when my laptop died, I put the latest Manjaro Linux on a Core Dou iMac ( early 2008 ) to use for work that day ( 6 GB ). I was blown away how well it worked and I was able to do everything I normally do without problems ( well, except I had to use the Outlook web client for email / calendar — but that is just Linux and not hardware ). Months later, I still use it almost every day. It is my preferred spot to take Zoom / MS Teams meetings due to the large screen. I run Docker and Distrobox containers on it. I built a toy compiler in .NET on it. I play Diablo and StarCraft on it from time to time. I have it running Plex and it serves movies and TV episodes to my family ( often to more than one device at a time ). I toy around with SerenityOS on it in QEMU ( in a VM ) and it runs great.
I have not tried to host a static website but it surprises me that 100 visitors would give that hardware trouble. I will have to try that now.
- unilynx 5y agoIt shouldn't be a problem. Checking the classic C10K article at http://www.kegel.com/c10k.html http://www.kegel.com/c10k.html ... > In 1999 one of the busiest ftp sites, cdrom.com, actually handled 10000 clients simultaneously through a Gigabit Ethernet pipe HTTP isn't that heavier (if at all) than FTP, so 100 visitors for static content shouldn't be a challenge for 2008 hardware
- anthk 5y ago> I play Diablo Try Flare RPG, and, next, Slashem and/or Nethack.
- jotm 5y agoTo be fair, it runs Apache. I know, I know...