From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1666 invoked by uid 1002); 13 Aug 2003 14:04:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 9952 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2003 14:04:38 -0000 From: Chris Gianelloni To: lafou@wanadoo.fr Cc: Gentoo-dev In-Reply-To: <1060781901.7508.17.camel@biproc> References: <1060781901.7508.17.camel@biproc> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-db6sD/wY6k8XttV7U7D3" Message-Id: <1060783729.4133.42.camel@vertigo> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 13 Aug 2003 10:08:49 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] "Distro Day (Measuring the benefits of the Gentoo approach)" X-Archives-Salt: ad024852-559a-4f3a-bee8-8b08d0051cb4 X-Archives-Hash: e501a8457fa9fede9494d6de93db956d --=-db6sD/wY6k8XttV7U7D3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 09:38, Philippe Lafoucri=E8re wrote: > here is an article comparing debian / mandrake / gentoo speed : >=20 > http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=3Dmodload&name=3DSections&fil= e=3Dindex&req=3Dviewarticle&artid=3D227&page=3D1http://articles.linmagau.or= g/modules.php?op=3Dmodload&name=3DSections&file=3Dindex&req=3Dviewarticle&a= rtid=3D227&page=3D1 Proper testing would have yielded different results. Also, there is no way to duplicate the results since there is zero information on the setup. In any scientific circle, this data would IMMEDIATELY be thrown out since it cannot be reproduced. They also had no "control" group.=20 It would also have been nice to have seen them test Gentoo (optimized) against Gentoo (non-optimized). Testing should have also been done on the SAME machine. Not "identical" machines, but the exact same one.=20 The reason for this is there is the possibility that hardware could be causing a discrepancy in the results. The "Gentoo Approach" also is not limited to simply optimization, but also to the customization and control over your system that a Gentoo user gets. I have found that most Gentoo converts don't even bother to use much optimization, but rather enjoy the ease of use and control much more. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Developer, Gentoo Linux --=-db6sD/wY6k8XttV7U7D3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/OkZxkT4lNIS36YERAh9+AKCnZsSHe5OjoL2UmgOvOug/4oxx+QCgi3vD Xm4JsC3XOEQ9/qoqiYkarck= =XExC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-db6sD/wY6k8XttV7U7D3--