p.s. sorry that figure was from osX Tiger. I haven't finished the comparison on current unstable yet.
On 4/1/10, Brian Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/31/10, Michel Dänzer <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 17:21 -0700, Brian Morris wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Aris Monazteriaz <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4? Can I install programs right >>> > away >>> > or >>> > I have to compile them myself? Can I install Firefox with Flash >>> > support? >>> > etc.. >>> > >>> >>> You don't have to but if you get the compiler flags right for your cpu >>> optimized it will run a lot faster. >>> Especially these days more than ever as auto-altivec optimizing has >>> been greatly improve with gcc4.5 >> >> Do you have any numbers to back that claim? > > Try building gprolog - it has a benchmark suite in the build > directory. Build from upstream source. > 70-100% faster in all tests. > > I just did this a few days ago, its the first time I did. > > On the other hand though, you can do this trick on macosX just as easily. > > Most people advise, just optimize the software you use most heavily. > Which is a personal matter, still > it would be nice to have common packages like iceweasel-{7400,7450}. > For macos you can get these from a mozilla person in the UK. > > Brian > > > > > >> >> >> -- >> Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com >> Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
