[nflug] application loading - fine tuning

[Josh Johnson]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Eric Benoit wrote:

> I'm trying to trim debian ppc linux so applications load a little faster 
> without upgrading memory,  the two main applications I want to load faster is 
> Openoffice and Firefox.
>
> If I compile these programs myself would there be a performance boost?  Or, 
> if I compile my own kernel?
>
> My machine:
>
> 333mhz powerpc
> blue Imac
> 96mb RAM

You'll probably notice a little difference. OpenOffice runs surprisingly 
fast on my p3 550 at home. But compiling such a large application staticly 
may make it run slower, since it is calling the same routines over and 
over. I'm not 100% sure on that though.



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