[ale] redhat vs. suse

[kaboom at gatech.edu (Chris Ricker)]

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Geoffrey wrote:

> They are both rpm based.  Red Hat installs 386 based binaries, in that 
> they are targeted for a safer build.  SuSE installs 586/686 (can't 
> remember which), which to me, seem to run faster.

I'd be *very* surprised if this is true. Red Hat ships 686-optimized
386-compatible binaries, and I'm sure that's what SuSE does too. I don't
have 8.1 around to look at, but that's what the 7.3 box I have does....

later,
chris 
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