[ale] Slackware user list?

[JMTaylor at wpo.co.chatham.ga.us (Jennifer Taylor)]

** Low Priority **

Pardon my ignorance, and keep in mind that I don't do much that requires rendering or compiling (aside from other people's source code) or other intensive operations.  Having said that, would the list mind telling me why one should be worried about pentium optimization?  Is it something your average user needs to taken into consideration when chosing a distro?   Where would this sort of thing be an issue?

Curious,
Jenn

Jeff Walters writes:
 > 
 >The good things about
 > Mandrake is the Pentium optimized binary RPM's and the Red Hat
 > compatibility.  But... configuration is getting so automated that it's
 > hard to do tweaking without breaking something:
...
 > Red Hat/Mandrake -- great marketability, lots o' RPM's out there,
 > Mandrake is Pentium optimized, but configurability seems to be waning
...
 > Can someone correct my impressions on this?  Does either Debian or
 > Slackware compile for i586?
 > --
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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