[geeks] Daily Dose of Unix

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:43:46PM -0500, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> >From what I've read, the r18k is a honkin' fast CPU - well, fast in the
> sense of it's context.  Possibly even fast when compared to recent (if
> not current) x86 CPUs.  There's not a whole lot of info out there right
> now, just people at each end of the extreme talking shit to each other.

No, I think it will just be fast.  Period.
 
> We held a vote a while back, and I think "Diesel" won out.  I doubt
> they're going to use that name, so I gave my Octane that hostname.

I don't think Diesel is a great name for a desktop.  If they felt the
need to rename the Onyx, Diesel would be a good name, but I hope they
don't rename the Onyx.