On 29-Mar-2002 Paul F. Pearson wrote: > Not that Woody is slow on my new 900MHz Celeron, 512MB PC, but I was > wondering to what CPU target the precompiled distro was configured? > Would I see a significant difference if I tried to recompile the whole > thing optimized for the Celeron (if that's possible)? Would that be > feasible? Should I only worry about the kernel and/or X to get the most > speed? >
As Colin points out, Debian has chosen not to do this because the gains for most apps are negligible (5% or so). Things like mp3 encoders/decoders and the like that are nearly 100% CPU are where the real benefit comes. Recompiling glibc and X may help a little. Both are monster apps that expect huge amounts of disk and memory to compile though. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
