Hi, I have read your article at: <http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/performance.xml>
There are several inconsistencies: 1) "To compare load-time performance, he used Mandrake 9.1. Mandrake 9.1 ships with its binaries "pre-linked," which allows for faster load-times. In contrast, Gentoo Linux ships without pre-linked binaries by default." This is wrong. There is no prelink in any Mandrake Linux distribution yet. 2) "These benchmarks compare Mandrake 9.1 against Gentoo Linux 1.4" This does not indicate any valuable information about software tested. e.g. Mozilla 1.3 vs. Mozilla 1.4? Which compiler was used to build the system? etc. 3) "To compare load-time performance, he used Mandrake 9.1." Before comparing anything, you have to tell how the data was measured. This mail does not reject the benefits of prelink. It's about correctness of information available in the above-mentioned article, which obviously isn't accurate. Please fix your document accordingly. Thanks. Regards, Gwenole Beauchesne.
