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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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Does speed refer to |
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Installation time? |
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Boot time? |
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Linpack? |
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Dhrystone? |
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Whetstone? |
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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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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Is it 1974? What's |
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at for SUPPER? Can I spend |
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gmail.com my COLLEGE FUND in one |
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wild afternoon?? |
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