SuSE Linux Demonstrates Old PCs Still Have Use - page 5

From The Out Of His Mind Department

The performance of SuSE 8.2 on this old 133 Mhz Pentium wasn't that bad, especially considering that most of the time spent waiting is when an application initially loads. After the apps are running, waiting for screen paints and switching between window panes is fairly minimal. Through the magic of a multi-tasking, multi-user operating system like Linux, most users would just load the applications and then leave the machine on all the time. That's what I do and just click between windows and desktops as needed. Normally, I run six desktop screens and put an application in each one. Here are some load numbers.