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08-02-2003, 10:45 PM
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Speed of Gentoo tested.
Check it out here to see an evaluation of the preformance gains of using Gentoo vs a binary based distro. http://articles.linmagau.org/modules...icle&artid=227
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08-02-2003, 10:52 PM
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08-02-2003, 10:57 PM
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Mike and his personal business....
I read that article today at work, really good look into things. And the ruling is.....gento isnt worth the time it takes to comile all of those apps from source.
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08-02-2003, 10:59 PM
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A quite unexpected set of results. We fully expected much more significant variance between these Linux distros. We certainly expected Gentoo to lead the tests, which has not been the case. . . . . . . . . . .
However, so far none of the distros appears to have a comprehensive performance advantage, in the end it seems Linux is Linux and you should pick the flavour that provides the most convenience for you.
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08-02-2003, 11:01 PM
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What the hell are they testing? Do they think they're clever? No kidding Gentoo takes the longest to install...did they test the performance once the desktop was loaded which is the speed Gentoo claims? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
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08-02-2003, 11:02 PM
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Telexen, did you read the article?
If you did then you need to work on reading comprehension. If you didnt then you need to read it before you spout off.
Here's a quick rundown of what they tested for those that didnt read the article
The following tests were outlined:
Time to open a large sheet in Gnumeric.
Time to perform a kernel compile.
Time to perform "Duplicate Image" in Gimp.
Time to perform a heavy "Unsharp Mask" in Gimp.
Time to start OpenOffice "from scratch".
Time to reload OpenOffice.
User experience to be assessed by all present on the day, using
Galeon, Evolution, OpenOffice.
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08-02-2003, 11:13 PM
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Opening a program depends on a lot of different things, the OS being the LEAST of them...that's not a very accurate measurement and could never be.
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08-02-2003, 11:20 PM
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Actually opening a program depends on how the program was built and GREATLY on the optimization that it underwent when built.
Program load time, and the subsequent operation, which is why they did things with these programs, is the only performance indicator that would be influenced by compilation optimization.
I fail to see what you are missing in this article. It seems you either A, dont understand programing and program operation, or you merely skimmed the article and then began another cynical post.
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08-02-2003, 11:27 PM
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No, tests like that are like saying the start menu in Win98 opens faster than in WinXP...so 98 must be faster. Even when there's several factors such as processor usage at the given time, defragmentation on the hard drive, RAM usage at the given time.
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08-02-2003, 11:30 PM
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No, that is quite different actually. You will notice they loaded these programs and ALLOWED THEM TO OPERATE, not merely opened programs. Please read the article and ponder the included information.
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