Author: Peter Berger
Date: 23:43:25 03/13/01
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On March 14, 2001 at 02:18:49, pete stein wrote: >Yesterday I chatted and played on the Kasparov chess server. >My opponent claimed he was playing Crafty on Linux OS with about 300 Mhz, >that he used to run Win98 in the past but changed to Linux which he downloaded >for free, that Linux was fully customizable without superfluous bells and >whistles, and Crafty defeated my Fritz with flying colors. >I had a look at the Linux homepage and indeed, you can download some versions of >Linux for free. But there are so many different versions of Linux available. >Which version of Linux is ready to install and will support Fritz, WinBoard and >java chess servers? > >Pete Maybe your opponent was running Linux with about 300 Mhz and beat your Fritz in a short match . This happens all the time even when you run your Fritz at 1000 Mhz as the difference in strength between these two programs isn't _that_ big after all . But this has nothing to do with the operating system you use . It's even the other way around : if you use Crafty on a usual PC and use the binaries you can download at the Crafty Website you'll get a faster engine under the Windows OS than anything you can build yourself under Linux. Please don't misunderstand me : I really like Linux and it's a great OS but it really is no good idea to change to it if all you care about is chess . Setting up Linux is not easy so far ( although many Linux users try to tell a different story ) ; a good idea might be to look at the beginner Linux newsgroups and read a little about the problems you might have to face. pete
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