Comment Re:Ubuntu doesn't run on pre-USB boot systems anyw (Score 1) 488
So why is the lean mean OS going the way of Windows?
people like shiny shit.
there you have new, shiny hardware with multiple cores, shitload of ram, distro worth multiple gigabytes on hard disk, and all you do is use about 3 minutes cumulative processor time in hour, while reading slashdot. for 57 minutes processor is sleeping, ready to jump on whatever fancy calculation you might throw at it.
makes you wince, doesn't it?