Re: Optimizing Debian
#include <hallo.h>
* javier [Wed, Dec 11 2002, 06:09:30PM]:
> I am a new Debian user. I used to work in Mandrake and there the x86
> packages are compiled for i586, while in Debian they are compiled for
Well, Mandrake invests lots of money into marketing, and creating of
myths about large huge unbeatable performance improvement seems to be a
part of it.
> i386. From my experience, I know you can improve the performance
What is your experience based on?
> recompiling the kernel for your particular machine architecture, but I
We have optimised kernels. Do "apt-cache search kernel-image".
> am not sure about how much you will improve the overall performace
> recompiling also some of the packages (as for example glibc). I would
Not much on i386. There few experiments to proove the myths, IIRC the
average gain is << 5 percents or so.
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
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