Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:02:39 -0600 From: "Seth Hieronymus" <sethh@principia.edu> To: "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention in a Gentoo Linux review Message-ID: <OE112mj9n1xxWn9R6mJ000335d3@hotmail.com> References: <OE74WzOc8IpiNCvk8mD0001956b@hotmail.com> <3CBB1E2D.5060908@acuson.com> <3CBB638D.1F03820F@mindspring.com>
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>From: "Terry Lambert"
> Johnson David wrote:
> > Seth Hieronymus wrote:
> > > If anyone is interested,
> > >
> > > In this OSNews.com review of Gentoo Linux 1.0, the author mentions that
> > > despite Gentoo Linux being the fastest Linux, FreeBSD 4.5 is faster (not
any
> > > kind of scientific benchmark):
> >
> > How strange... What makes Gentoo any faster than other distros? I
> > realize that you can set the equivalent of a make.conf to build for your
> > particular CPU, but is it any faster than a stripped down linux build
> > from scratch? I suspect hyperbole.
>
> Read the article:
>
> o Load time
> o Time to shut down
>
> -- Terry
>
I wasn't caring about Linux to Linux. My only point, anecdotally at least,
FBSD is slightly faster. To quote the article:
"FreeBSD 4.5 has proved for me to be a bit faster than Gentoo in general
usage, plus on loading and shutdown times." So yes, with the addition of
general usage.
Seth
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