On Mon, Mar 17, 2003, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote about "Re: Request for update on the current Linux Distributions.": > Hi, > > Is there a real, urgent, need for a new religious war? There are tons > of places on the net for such comparisons. Why don't you search google > for e.g. "linux distribution comparison"? > Last time there was a weeks-long thread about gentoo/Debian/RedHat and > some more, without conclusive results. I do not think this time (a few > months later) we will have some radical changes.
I think in this case, there's no reason for a flame war :) The guy basically asked for a "faster distribution". With all due respect to the various distributions and their specific advantages and disadvantages, significant speed difference isn't one of these things. Other that +-10% that you can perhaps gain from better compilation parameters, the performance of all GNU/Linux distributions are basically the same because they all use basically the same components. Even if the speed difference was 20%, it isn't something you'd notice as a desktop user. If you find, say, OpenOffice, to be a huge memory hog and annoyingly slow to start, well, it will probably be just as large and slow on another distribution. If one distribution ever finds a magical way to make OpenOffice smaller and faster, you can bet that the other distributions, or even the OpenOffice creators themselves, will pick up on that trick and pretty soon all distributions will have it. So I suggest you chose your distribution based on the variety of software it includes, the quality of its integration, the support and update system, and your personal habits and tastes. Speed is probably not a major factor in choosing your distribution - unless for your specific needs require every percent of speed that you can possibly get. -- Nadav Har'El | Monday, Mar 17 2003, 14 Adar II 5763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |"Mommy! The garbage man is here!" "Well, http://nadav.harel.org.il |tell him we don't want any!"- Groucho Marx ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
