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mobrien_12:
I have read that O3 often doesn't really accomplish that much over O2.  I guess it depends on the code.

davidnix71:
Kubuntu, Mandriva, Ubuntu, and Debian, Yes.

Yellow Dog, no :
Failed these criteria:
Requires partitioning knowledge
Does not have application library


I think the test needs work. Yellow Dog cost money, which is okay by me. But, there was no explicit question about compiling your own programs from source. I don't mind compiling, but not if it costs money to buy the OS. On that count YD is messed up, imho.

Even Windoze, which cost money (if you don't have the skillz to steal a copy) doesn't require you to compile your own apps.

adiment:
I got Debian and Ubuntu. :) Used to use Ubuntu until I realized my APU hates it. And will one day install Debian on my old rig.

GenuineAdvantage:

--- Quote from: worker201 ---[OFFTOPIC]
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
--- End code ---
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.
[/OFFTOPIC]
--- End quote ---

Doesn't the configure script when present do that auto anyways? Also, I think many times a binary will be linked to use optimizations with whichever hardware is present, when it's present. I'm fairly sure of that. And even after learning how to compile, I still find it to be for the birds. It takes a hell of a long time for large programs, compared to getting it from a repo. Compiling would be nice if everything was offered as nicely as the xfce install package. As far as the frame rates of 3d video, to me those tests don't seem reliable as a performance gauge of any single program version. Because a framerate will also be affected by anything else running in the system. Other than that, it's true that the only noticable difference in performance will be against a very poorly configured setup. So no offense to any here, but that's why Gentoo wackos are funny. And yeah, I know there are now some pre-compiled packages for Gentoo available now, but you used to have to compile everything, and probably still have to do it a lot. Sitting there for what accumulated to a very long time, compiling. All for some imaginary performance boost! :D

worker201:

--- Quote from: GenuineAdvantage ---Sitting there for what accumulated to a very long time, compiling. All for some imaginary performance boost! :D
--- End quote ---

Don't know about others, but I find configuring and installing programs from source to be both intellectually and spiritually satisfying.  Perhaps not so much that I want to do it all the time for every little thing, but I think you need to remember that building from source is a great way to learn how things work.  Especially if they don't configure right!  Everyone ought to experience a pkg-config error at least once - it will teach you more about Linux than any book I've ever seen.

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