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- Jeff

On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 19:23, James Sumners wrote:
> Stupid exmh didn't send this with the correct From: address earlier today.
> 
> >From the November 04, 2003 Debian news
&gt; (<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-news/debian-news-2003/msg00056.html";>http://lists.debian.org/debian-news/debian-news-2003/msg00056.html</a>):
&gt; 
&gt;  --- Begin Quote ---
&gt;  Debian faster than Gentoo? Matt Garman [2]wondered why his C++
&gt;  program ran dramatically slower when compiled on a Gentoo machine than
&gt;  when compiled with Debian Sid. He later [3]reported that recompiling
&gt;  the Gentoo C++ libraries with less aggressive optimization flags (-O2
&gt;  instead of -O3) eliminated the speed difference. Matt also [4]added
&gt;  that Debian and other distributions are conservative, but set up by
&gt;  very experienced people.
&gt; 
&gt;   2. <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/50924";>http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/50924</a>
&gt;   3. <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/50973";>http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/50973</a>
&gt;   4. <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/50953";>http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/50953</a>
&gt;  --- End Quote ---
&gt; 
&gt;  Basically, Red Hat (Fedora) packages are typically compiled in a haphazard
&gt; fashion in relation to the other packages in the distribution. The packages in
&gt; Debian go through an arduous testing process and are built according to rather
&gt; strict rules.
&gt; 
&gt; James Sumners
&gt; 
&gt; On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:12:30 -0500
&gt; Keith Morris - IQ &lt;keith at iqtv.com&gt; wrote:
&gt; 
&gt; &gt; Hi all, just wanted to share a quick experience and get your opinions if 
&gt; &gt; you are willing.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; I have been using linux off and on since Redhat 5.1 and exclusively for 
&gt; &gt; the last 3 years at home.  I have pretty much been a redhat man with no 
&gt; &gt; complaints.  I use Fedora Core 1 on my 2 main machines at home (both 
&gt; &gt; 1.6GHz).  Well, recently I got a PIII 866 to play with and installed FC1 
&gt; &gt; on it and the speed was really quite sluggish.  Played with a few more 
&gt; &gt; distros which I wasn't really happy with.  Well, I've always been afraid 
&gt; &gt; of Debian with it's infamous hell-installer, but with it's new Beta 
&gt; &gt; installer, I decided to try it.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; After a pretty painless net-install, I was totally shocked with the 
&gt; &gt; speed of Debian.  Easily twice as fast as Fedora on the 866 using the 
&gt; &gt; *SAME* software (Gnome 2.4, KDE 3.1.5, OpenOffice, Evolution, XFT 
&gt; &gt; support, antialiasing, etc.) I still have not gotten the sound working, 
&gt; &gt; but believe that I will be able to (with a few posts to the ALE list :)) 
&gt; &gt; The only main difference is that I formatted / with reiserfs instead of 
&gt; &gt; ext3 with FC1.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; I was wondering if anyone could guess why debian would be sooooo much 
&gt; &gt; faster with basically the same &quot;Desktop&quot; type of configuration? Do many 
&gt; &gt; of you use Debian?
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; I will probably stick with Debian on this machine to learn about the 
&gt; &gt; different ins-and-outs.  I absolutely *love* apt-get for debian.  I have 
&gt; &gt; used it with rpms on redhat, but it seems better with debs...dunno...
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; Anyway, thanks for letting me share.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; Keith Morris
&gt; &gt; Creative Director
&gt; &gt; Design / Effects
&gt; &gt; IQ television group
&gt; &gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.iqtv.com";>http://www.iqtv.com</a>
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; _______________________________________________
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-- 
Jeff Hubbs &lt;hbbs at comcast.net&gt;


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