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On 2013-03-14, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> 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 |
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>> [...] |
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>> The point being, you're going to have to define "speed". |
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> OK. It appears not very many can figure out what I asked for. So, |
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> let 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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The results are going to vary depending on what task(s) are chosen. |
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If app/library/compiler versions are the same, all of the results I've |
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read about show you're not going to see a noticable difference. You |
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might be able to _measure_ a difference, but it's not something you'll |
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ever notice. |
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IOW, if you spend a few days tweaking CFLAGS, you might be able to |
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increase the number of FFTs per second you can run by a few percent |
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when compared to an off-the-shelf Ubuntu, RedHat, or Scientific Linux |
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install. But, if that's what you care about, then using a better |
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library/algorithm or better hardware is what you do. |
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The advantage of Gentoo is ease of administration, ease of |
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customization, ease of getting non default/mainstream things installed |
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and working right. |
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