Also some of the gains that come from compiling a source are smaller memory footprint binaries....none of that side of things was explored.
I would like to see a more extensive exploration of the gains and/or losses in a Gentoo style distribution.
D.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik de Castro Lopo Sent: Sunday, 3 August 2003 4:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] Benefits of source distro (Gentoo) somewhat elusive :-)
Hi all,
Though people might find this interesting.
Intial testing comparing a source distro (Gentoo) with binary distros (Debian and Mandrake) shows that Gentoo offers no speed advantages even though it is compiled for the exact machine type it is going to run on.
http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=i ndex&req=viewarticle&artid=227
Makes Debain (and Mandrake) look really god for the lack of messing about required of Gentoo.
Erik
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