Re: Bug#857172: Please enable SSE2 on amd64 and disable altivec on PPC ports
Hi,
On Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Christian Zigotzky wrote:
> AmigaOS 4.1 has overtaken Linux PPC on our systems. (...) It is very
> fast and reliable.
You don't want to get me started on the "fast and reliable" statement,
really...
But at least I personally need Linux for a completely different purposen,
than my NG Amiga systems, most of which OS4 (or other NG Amiga-like OSes)
are unable to deliver.
Additonally, most sane NG Amiga developers use crosscompiling tools
heavily these days. Usually hosted on Linux (or similar Un*x systems)...
Although usually that means x86/x64 Linux, for performance reasons, not
PPC.
> The Odyssey web browser is the fastest web browser on our NG Amigas.
And it is originally a port... from MorphOS.
> It is faster than all Linux web browsers
And the engine is a port... heavily based on libraries ported from Linux
and elswehere.
> and you can also browse on web sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Google+
> without any problems.
That is not strictly true, especially the "without any problems" part.
But it works reasonably well, there I agree. Sadly, it's WebKit engine is
lagging behind as others pointed out.
> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our team.
Thanks. It was a nice markeking speech, but didn't really address the
questions asked already. For example hardware availability issues.
(Hardware seems out of stock everywhere?)
Charlie
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