Re: How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4?
p.s. sorry that figure was from osX Tiger. I haven't finished the
comparison on current unstable yet.
On 4/1/10, Brian Morris <cymraegish@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/31/10, Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 17:21 -0700, Brian Morris wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Aris Monazteriaz <iamaris@gmx.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4? Can I install programs right
>>> > away
>>> > or
>>> > I have to compile them myself? Can I install Firefox with Flash
>>> > support?
>>> > etc..
>>> >
>>>
>>> You don't have to but if you get the compiler flags right for your cpu
>>> optimized it will run a lot faster.
>>> Especially these days more than ever as auto-altivec optimizing has
>>> been greatly improve with gcc4.5
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>> Do you have any numbers to back that claim?
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> Try building gprolog - it has a benchmark suite in the build
> directory. Build from upstream source.
> 70-100% faster in all tests.
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> I just did this a few days ago, its the first time I did.
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> On the other hand though, you can do this trick on macosX just as easily.
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> Most people advise, just optimize the software you use most heavily.
> Which is a personal matter, still
> it would be nice to have common packages like iceweasel-{7400,7450}.
> For macos you can get these from a mozilla person in the UK.
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> Brian
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>> Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
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