<div>Dear gmx-users:</div>
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<div>I have two somewhat stupid questions regarding the dual-core processor on Linux, could some one shed some light on it?</div>
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<div>Question 1: Does the dual core means we effectively have two CPU on one machine? i.e., If run two separate jobs on a dual core machine, does it equivalent to running these two jobs on two separate machines? (assume the memory cost, and disk writing is not an issue).
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<div>Question 2: Does the old RedHat 9.0 support the dual core technique? It appears to me that dual core machine is fairly new thing. If RH9.0 is not good, what Linux distribution should a gromacs user go for?</div>
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<div>Thank you very much for your input.</div>
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<div>sincerely,</div>
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<div>Rui </div>