From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27083 invoked by uid 1002); 13 Aug 2003 14:20:13 -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 5567 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2003 14:20:12 -0000 From: Philippe =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lafoucri=E8re?= Reply-To: lafou@wanadoo.fr To: Chris Gianelloni Cc: Gentoo-dev In-Reply-To: <1060783729.4133.42.camel@vertigo> References: <1060781901.7508.17.camel@biproc> <1060783729.4133.42.camel@vertigo> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: InFuzzion Message-Id: <1060784410.7503.29.camel@biproc> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 13 Aug 2003 16:20:11 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] "Distro Day (Measuring the benefits of the Gentoo approach)" X-Archives-Salt: 6c446447-8c73-45d0-a740-8fe1afcd6ae2 X-Archives-Hash: 4168392781382c5b8bb574047157d097 > 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. > 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. > 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. totally agree ! Btw, gnumeric speed is related to version apparently, and they didn't use the official gentoo (patched) kernel ("The same 2.4.21 source was copied to all machines"). This sux !! I don't use gentoo for optimization, but ease of use and management :) I've tried to install a red hat 9. It's pretty fast for a i386 distro ! More faster to start openoffice for exemple. But redhat network updates killed my nerves ! Gentoo roxor :) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list