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Mateusz Kowalczyk wrote: |
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> On 14/03/13 22:41, Dale wrote: |
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>> Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>>> On 2013-03-14, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> I was wondering. Has anyone ever seen where a test as been done to |
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>>>> compare the speed of Gentoo with other distros? Maybe Gentoo compared |
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>>>> to Redhat, Mandrake, Ubuntu and such? |
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>>> I just did a test, and they're all the same. |
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>>> CDs/DVDS of various distros dropped from a height of 1m all hit the |
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>>> floor simultaneously [there are random variations due to aerodynamic |
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>>> instability of the disk shape, but it's the same for all distros]. If |
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>>> launched horizontally with spin to provide attitude stability (thrown |
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>>> like a frisbee), they all fly the same. |
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>>> The point being, you're going to have to define "speed". |
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>>> |
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>>> Does speed refer to |
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>>> |
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>>> Installation time? |
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>>> |
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>>> Boot time? |
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>>> |
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>>> Linpack? |
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>>> |
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>>> Dhrystone? |
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>>> |
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>>> Whetstone? |
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>>> |
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>>> Time for me to figure out how to fix a configuration problem? |
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>>> Time to do to an update on a machine that's been unplugged for a year? |
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>>> Time to to produce a packaged version of some random C program that |
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>>> comes with a Makefile that uses autotools? |
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>>> Time for a reported bug to get fixed? |
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>> OK. It appears not very many can figure out what I asked for. So, let |
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>> me spell it out for those who are challenged. LOL ;-) Read some |
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>> humor into that OK. |
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>> Install a OS. Run tests on a set of programs and record the time it |
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>> takes to complete a certain task. More tasks the better. |
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>> Then install another OS on the same hardware. Run tests on a set of |
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>> programs and record the time it takes to complete a certain task. More |
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>> tasks the better. |
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>> The object of this is, does Gentoo with the customization it allows run |
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>> faster than some binary install that does NOT allow those controls? In |
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>> other words, can a Gentoo based install perform more efficiently than a |
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>> binary based install like Redhat, Ubuntu or some other distro? |
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>> I am NOT concerned about compile times or the install itself. |
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>> Does that put the dots closer together for the challenged ones? ROFL |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> The point of the challenged ones was that while we can take measurements |
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> like these, it's rather meaningless to do so. The result will be |
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> different for every single person out there depending on their |
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> configuration, USE, CFLAGS and who knows what else. |
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> I can compile a package with support for 3 different DEs, few WMs, oss |
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> and alsa and about a billion things I will never use. Does this make for |
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> a more or less of a meaningful test than doing the same test with no |
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> flags what so ever? There is no correct answer as it varies per user |
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> basis. The most meaningful measurements that we can probably take would |
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> be between different USE flags configurations. Maybe we can say that |
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> package ‘foo’ with certain USE and CFLAGS runs in less average time than |
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> the same package on a distro Bar. |
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> In my opinion, it would be far more meaningful to measure the effect of |
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> different USE flags on the same package, *in relative time* on the same |
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> system. This would give us more idea about the impact of each flag as |
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> opposed to a very limited view of ‘package foo with certain specific USE |
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> flags runs 10ms faster than the same package on the same hardware on a |
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> binary distribution’. If you still want such measurements and you want |
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> them to be somewhat meaningful to you, it is you who will have to take |
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> them. Unless there are some gross inconsistencies in run times on |
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> different distributions, we have no use for such measurement. |
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> Everyone understood what you asked for. It's _you_ that misunderstood |
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> their explanation for why it's meaningless to ask such a question in the |
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> first place. |
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I didn't miss anything. I get what some are saying. The reason for my |
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question is this. Gentoo allows a person to customize the OS to the |
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specific hardware it is being run on. Redhat and other binary distros |
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don't allow this, unless you compile your own packages which is no |
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longer really a binary install. |
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So, if I install Redhat on my machine, would it be less efficient than |
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my Gentoo install which is customized for my hardware? Has someone else |
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tested this and made it public? |
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If people can't get this, never mind. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |