Linux fat/bloated

[Robert Brockway]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Walter Dnes wrote:
>
>>   Sounds like you're ready for Gentoo.  No dependancy hell, except for
>> some idiotic software that insists on other stuff that you *DON'T* want.
>> And that can be bypassed with a little extra work.  And you get to
>> optimize the executables for *YOUR* cpu.
>
> Yeah, that may also make you feel it runs faster, it's like
> placebo, you know ;)

So what we need is a control experiment.  We take 2 identical systems, 
compile one for the correct cpu and the other for i386.  Then we have the 
admin run a series of commands on each box while wearing a blindfold.  The 
admin has to tell us which system is faster.

Let's call it the "Gentoo challenge".

:)

Rob

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