Optimized distro for i686

[paul sutton]

You can recompile .src.rpm packatges for a specific processor,  I would 
guess that to optimise FC4 for i686 you could perhaps recompile all the 
packages,  and burn these on to a cdrom along with modified installation 
routines,  which would give you a new cd that is optimised for that 
specific processor.

Ok there is more to it than that, but I have managed to recompile one or 
two packages for optimisation (from i386 to i586 I think) and then 
instaled these with no problem.

it can take a while to do this to lots of packages,  I would be a good 
idea to perhaps do this at a time when you can leave the computer on for 
a few hours I would guess you need ALL packages installed so you can 
avoid problems with dependancies, while compiling.

any comments

Paul


Steve wrote:

>I just have a question regarding a distro I ran across from
>distrowatch, called Fox Linux (http://www.foxlinux.org/) that says it
>is "optimized for i686"... does this mean not only using the 686
>kernel, but recompiled packages as well? I could not find any details
>on their website to explain further. It looks pretty interesting,
>being a KDE distro based on FC4.
>
>I guess I am curious as to what is involved in "optimizing" a distro
>for a certain CPU/platform.
>
>Thanks for any explanation on this topic, and Happy New Year to everyone!
>
>-Steve.
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