> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Keith Lofstrom <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > ... T2xxx to T7xxx ...
> >
> > Does anyone know about future kernel processor requirements,
> > or what RHEL 8, 9, ... might demand from hardware?
> >
> > I am slowly converting my running machines from SL5.5/6.5 and
> > Gnome2 to SL7 and Mate, with inadequate progress notes at
> >   http://wiki.keithl.com/SL7

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 06:28:06PM -0500, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> Given that they're going to have to run systemd, and that they're
> still dealing with Gnome bloat if you need graphics, Assume that
> every major release is roughly 30% more CPU and RAM than the
> previous release, and you won't be too far off.

Indeed, except Mate is seemingly less bloated.  If not, Cinnamon?
When I saw all-singing, all-dancing, tablet-optimized Gnome 3,
replacing it with Mate was the first priority.  Bleah.

If systemd is a major resource hog, then our high-performance-
machine comrades will come up with something that leaves more
CPU cycles for doing computation over the next decade.  I hope.
Zillion-CPU computing is intolerant of expensive waste.  If RH
someday insists on intolerable resource misuse, we are in the
right community for a mutiny and a new direction.

But you may be right.  People follow the herd for dumb reasons.
And my next post is about something that could chew up a lot of
resources.

Keith

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