Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > or others that are compiled/optimized for the later i386 PCs? > > if so, where? > > if not, how should i go about mass source compiling debs for my computers? > (i have a couple P1 laptops, P2s and a P4) > > and is it worth it?
My suspicion would be that you wouldn't see much difference. Even if there was *some* difference I bet it'd be hard to justify the slight performance increase you'd see considering the amount of time a job like recompiling a significant portion of your installed base would take. Plus, if you're talking about something like the "testing" or "unstable" Debian distribution you'd be compiling/recompiling almost daily as packages were updated. The only thing that I vaguely recall someone mentioning would see a significant performance boost from recompiling for later processors were the encryption-based packages that need to do a lot of number crunching, but I would hazard that even there you're talking about, maybe, a few tens of percentage points performance increase, not orders of magnitude. If you're really Gung-Ho about doing it though, I'd probably consider a source-based Linux distribution instead of Debian. Something like Gentoo (http://www.gentoo.org). Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]