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The operating system is not the most important piece of software: the applications are. Most users don't buy a computer to run an operating system, they buy it to run applications . Then they choose the operating system that runs most of those applications. In my case, I was contemplating to move o...

phhnguyen wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:27 am

Modern Times wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:20 am

OK... is that your cat ?

Do you mean my avatar's photo? Yes! Unfortunately, he doesn't like BanksiaGUI. Whenever I start working with BSG I have to solve his problem first

He just wants to help

[edit] zappaRB (Zappa Mexico II on a 10 core i9-10900, the world champion of 2005) ended on the 22 place, software really has improved a lot. Actually I think Zappa Mexico 2 was later, this is just what I've been told. Yes Zappa Mexico II was last in the line, about 2-3 years later. Software has in...

Check out this article for two visually stunning Linux distros:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ga ... x-desktop/

Garuda and Deepin. The latter is Chinese based so likely to be banned by the U.S. on a whim

Sedat's "Perfect" books have a polyglot version.

OK... is that your cat ?

Use the one that is fastest on your machine.

Werner wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:37 pm

here are my results after 30 sec
KDragon 1.0 x64 1CPU (MCTS) AVX2 : 41 nps
KDragon 1.0 x64 1CPU (MCTS) no AVX2: 32 nps

Similar ratio here:

KDragon 1.0 x64 1CPU (MCTS) AVX2 : 54 nps
KDragon 1.0 x64 1CPU (MCTS) no AVX2: 41 nps

I am beginning to suspect that on some older machines Dragon MCTS may run slower and/or sometimes crash with AVX2. The results I posted above. shown again below, were definitely not old hardware. No crashes, no losses on time. Totally reliable. Score of Stockfish 11 vs Dragon By Komodo MCTS: 280 - ...

Graham Banks wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:11 pm

40/2 FRC testing since the last update report (thanks to Ray):

Demolito 2021-04-03 64-bit (in progress)

This has been completed.