[oclug] Gentoo Linux 2004.1 CDs

[Ross Jordan]

It would seem Keith MacDonald , on Tue, May 04, 2004 at 03:36:02AM +0500, wrote:
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> I'm leaning towards Gentoo s(tage)3 because 1) according to Gentoo's site, even s3 is substantially faster than other distros (though their eveidence is tenuous - http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/performance.xml ), and 2) I want to see for myself whether Gentoo really *is* any faster than, say, Fedora, that way I'll know.  The Gentoo site makes some "interesting" claims and, if they're right, great!  Otherwise, I'll probably just go back to Fedora for now, and leave looking under the hood (probably) till after I've graduated from medical school. ;-)

I wouldn't move to Gentoo for the performance benefits. You aren't likely to
see more than perhaps 5%; most processes are I/O bound, rather than CPU bound.

-Ross