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From:  Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: Linux Magazine tests Gentoo performance
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On 10/29/2009 10:45 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> I suppose this is interesting to most Gentoo users.  Linux Magazine
> performed a detailed benchmark of Gentoo, comparing it to Ubuntu 9.04:
>
> http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7574/1

Btw, I think this is a very nice example of why per-package CFLAGS would 
have been very useful. Some application largely benefit from -Os, others 
from -O2.