Re: Debian from the Stampede's POV
On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 11:03:50AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 02:54:38AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > How is Stampede Linux better than Debian Linux?
> >
> > + glibc2 in the standard distribution
> > + Up to date programs
> > + PGCC for that added performance kick
> > + Package format that is very usable across other distrobutions
> >
> > This does seem to imply that even Slackware has more recent versions of
> > programs than Debian *shudder*. The fourth point (Package format) does mean
> > that their "format", .slp, is just a tar ball with extra files. Maybe they
> > don't know that they are doing what we do?
>
> On the other hand, I thought we'd dropped pgcc because egcs has those
> optimisations anyway. In that case, you have to wonder (a) if they know
> what they're on about, and (b) how up to date they really are.
Not only that. They claim that this will give them 5%-30% better
performance, which I doubt.
Secondly, I prefer the portability of Debian over the specialization of
Stampede.
Marcus
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