[nflug] gentoo vs debian

[eric]

sounds good I'm convinced.

joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:

> Thus spake eric on Fri, 31 Mar 2006
>
>> Will Gentoo run faster than Debian on an older computer?
>>
>> I have been using/installing debian for a while and want to try
>> something more complex, but not without good reason.  :)
>
>
> Depends on who answers. I use Gentoo so I will say that that is. Someone
> else will say Suse, Slackware, Debian, etc. But here's my story...
>
> I have a Pentium (586) MMX 266 that I use as router, filesharing, etc. I
> originally ran RedHat (7 through 9 somewhere. I can't remember which).
> It ran ok. I switched to Slackware at some point. Huge performance
> difference just out-of-the-box. Then merely for the learning experience
> I installed Gentoo. The best thing about Gentoo was the control I had
> over the installation. the box was (obviously) very limited in
> resources. I could get the kernel very tiny as well as the over-all
> install (clocked in just under 100M). but I still had a very rich
> development system with great package management.
>
> Moral: You will not probably be able to notice a performance
> increase between Gentoo and Debian. Technically it *is* there because
> everything is compiled with optimizations for your processor (as well as
> being able to strip libraries, etc). The only place I notice a
> performance increase is in *raw* data crunching; generation of gpg/ssl
> keys, complex math problems with sin,cos. Stuff like that. In general
> there is not big difference. If you're like me, it is comforting to
> know that it is there. Even if I can't perceive it. But its only worth
> it if you are interested in the learning process. There is nothing huge
> gained that you can't get from Debian or Slackware.
>
> -Josh
>
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