-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik de Castro Lopo Sent: Sunday, 3 August 2003 6:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Benefits of source distro (Gentoo) somewhat elusive :-)
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 17:04:44 +1000 "Ben de Luca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops no I am wrong! > > 3 tests were performed! Count them 3! And it looks like the were run 1 > time! Thats a pretty defensive posture to be taking isn't it? I wasn't really attacking your post more the article, It was flawed in so many ways its not funny. If you feel strongly enough that the test in the article is flawed, you should feel free to pursure it. My suggestion is that you plan the testing to be carried out before hand, post it here for comments on the methodology and when that seems sound then run your tests. Its not that I just feel that, I and you both know they are flawed. So I am offering up my time to run the tests at work. What things are suggested as to what should be done. I think the test should use the same hardware at least, I will run it multiple times. That for any files that are opened they should be on a read only part ion that is not the one the install is on, hence negating the effects of disk on the test. That the tests should be repeated enough times? Any one know how to do a Power analysis so I know we will get useful results? I am interested in the gentoo what optimizations flags would be suggest? Just 03? What distro's will race? Should I turn of systems services? I would hate a cron to skew the results? Or should I just leave the default service settings? I guess I should provide details of any changes I make? So the tests can be compared? Should I use different hardware? I can get my hands on 386s-p4 and athlons ect? My alpha is in storage at the moment. Though I should have a g4 rather soon. What specific tests should I run? I would like to test, for things other than just opening a spread sheet? How about Hitting a db? X rendering? File access? Compiling a kernel? Any other thoughts? Ben de Luca -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
