Subj : Re: Vector and Gentoo
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Tracker1
Date : Wed Jun 01 2005 08:42 pm

Angus Mcleod wrote:
>> Gentoo, once compiled for your machine, will run things much faster than any
>> standard pre-compiled distro.
> 
> How so?  Does it come with a faster CPU chip?  Because I can't quite see 
> how a Gentoo kernel could run faster than any other distro, once you clean 
> up the kernel.

Gentoo is pretty much a DIY distro, it essentially starts with a cleaned up 
distro, and the "gentoo" way with emerge will compile software/packages for 
your setup.  I setup a mysql gentoo box, that pretty much only had the network 
stack, and what was req'd for mysql.. nothing else.. it was connected via a 
giga-e crossover cable to the webserver it was being used with.. thing ran 
faster than anything I'd seen before/since...

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