[ale] Slackware user list?

[Jim Kinney]

Hi Jenn,

For most things, running is OK. However, the more closely the compiled
binary matches with the cpu the more efficient it can run. Things compiled
with i686 optomizations should run faster on a P6 than i386 stuff. The
important word is "should". If you system is running OK, don't worry about
it. If your system gets pounded on sometimes by user services,
optomization may help relieve some of the system stress by letting a
process get done quicker or with fewer resources. Still, though, the
biggest performance hit is in the code itself. It the code is sloppy, no
performance gains will be seen by compiling with P6 vs i386 flags.

JimK

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Jennifer Taylor wrote:

> ** Low Priority **
> 
> Pardon my ignorance, and keep in mind that I don't do much that requires rendering or compiling (aside from other people's source code) or other intensive operations.  Having said that, would the list mind telling me why one should be worried about pentium optimization?  Is it something your average user needs to taken into consideration when chosing a distro?   Where would this sort of thing be an issue?
> 
> Curious,
> Jenn
> 
> Jeff Walters writes:
>  > 
>  >The good things about
>  > Mandrake is the Pentium optimized binary RPM's and the Red Hat
>  > compatibility.  But... configuration is getting so automated that it's
>  > hard to do tweaking without breaking something:
> ...
>  > Red Hat/Mandrake -- great marketability, lots o' RPM's out there,
>  > Mandrake is Pentium optimized, but configurability seems to be waning
> ...
>  > Can someone correct my impressions on this?  Does either Debian or
>  > Slackware compile for i586?
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