Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo speed comparison to other distros
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:28:57
Message-Id: 20130315002834.6ff2ed59@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo speed comparison to other distros by Dale
1 On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:52:41 -0500, Dale wrote:
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3 > So, if I install Redhat on my machine, would it be less efficient than
4 > my Gentoo install which is customized for my hardware? Has someone else
5 > tested this and made it public?
6
7 No. They may have tested it on their machine, but not on yours, so their
8 results aren't applicable to running the same tests on DaleOS[tm].
9
10 The times this really matters is when running resource-intensive or
11 time-critical applications (like the NASDAQ example you gave) and on
12 those situations it is possible to define a set of test that give meaning
13 results, but only n those situations.
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15 Your question makes "how long is a piece of string" seem a model of
16 precision.
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20 Neil Bothwick
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22 A Smith & Weason beats Four Aces everytime.

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