[wellylug] Buy 3-head PC pre-loaded with Linux

[Jonathan Harker]

Phillip Hutchings wrote:
> Judging by the interwebs a 3Ghz Xeon would give you 6000 BogoMIPS.
> Interestingly there are plenty of accounts of multi-core CPUs giving
> stupidly high BogoMIPS, but mine gave around the reported Core 2 Duo
> readings, even though I was virtualising it on a single CPU.
> 
> For compiling frequently I'd recommend a 2.16Ghz+ Core Duo or similar.
> If you find one with two x16 PCIe slots you'll easily get four
> monitors. Getting one with Linux will be harder though - Dell will
> sell you a Windows one for ~$3k, but only with dual monitor support.

The formula is:

B = 2f

where B is Bogomips, and f is the CPU frequency in MHz.

As for 3 or 4 heads on X, I have no idea??? Are you running multiple
graphics cards for that?

J