Linux fat/bloated

[Walter Dnes]

On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 03:14:02PM +0000, Christopher Browne wrote

>  http://funroll-loops.org/
> http://funroll-loops.org/gentoo.jpg

  There are some people who should not be running any version of linux.
Gentoo seems to get its fair share.  Gentoo is more powerful because it
gives the user more control.  E.g. a car with an automatic transmission,
you can floor the gas pedal, and it'll shift gears for you.  On a manual
transmission car...

  - if you know what you're doing, you can run circles around an auto-
transmission vehicle with the same engine.  How many auto-transmission
cars win races?

  - if you don't know what you're doing, you can blow up the engine

  The idiots who insist on "-O9" and "MAKEOPTS=-j16" and stupid unrolling
are like leadfooted drivers in manual transmission cars, who push the
pedal to the floor and ignore the red line.

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