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The linux test is back
mobrien_12:
Says Mandriva or OpenSuSE. I'd go with shrink wrapped SuSE if I switched from fedora.
Pathos:
Gentoo + Slackware
results would be completely different if they asked: do you want it to just work perfectly first time...
I want to install gentoo on my main machine but don't have the time. And vector linux is working so well ... :( no hard drive space...
Calum:
vector linux is working well? i really liked the sound of it but could never get it to work for my video card... a shame really, if it's so good, if it were shite (like kmlinux, the worst linux distro ever) then at least i could feel glad i never got to use it.
worker201:
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--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Well, I now know that speed depends on a lot of things ... least of all your distro. Using a different window manager will increase speed up to 100 fold (fluxbox or XFCE or other light wms). Using initng instead of initrc may also significantly increase boot speed (if you ever figure out how to configure it). Compiling everything from source will also increase speed, but you probably won't notice it much. Like for example compiling a game from source rather than binary saved me about 2-5 FPS ... great ... well not really noticible unless you get very low FPS anyway. Running prelink will really speed things up too. etc. etc. Distro does not mean too much here ... unless it's poorly configured, but even then it has to be really horribly configured to notice a difference in speed.
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I certainly hope that when you are building you are using the appropriate C-flags. Here's my C-flags (for a Pentium 4):
--- Code: ---CFLAGS=-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -mfpmath=sse
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If your programs aren't built to take advantage for things like SSE and MMX, then you aren't really getting your money's worth. Just a friendly reminder that self-building should give you a bit more performance enhancement, if done correctly.
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H_TeXMeX_H:
[OFFTOPIC] Alright, but I usually use -O3, is that ok too ? [/OFFTOPIC]
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