On 25 Feb 2003, Jack Coates wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 11:53, Steffen Barszus wrote: > ... > > > > > > > All the distros release the source code. > > > I still think a show of community support could take that, and compile > > > processor specific versions... ;) > > > > And I think that this would be nonsense. Maybe the kernel and Multimedia apps > > should be recompiled but thats it. How important is a athlon-xp optimized > > 'ls' ? What is so athlon-xp specific beside the special instruction sets ? > > Which app makes really use of it ? For ix86-64 it is totally understandable, > > but athlon-xp ? > > naw d00d, it'd be so l33t!!! My ls can run .0000233344 nano-seconds > faster than yours on alternate Tuesdays!!!! > > Of course, I don't want to actually have to recompile myself, it'd be > easier if someone else did it for me. After all, other people have so > much more time and equipment than me.
If you want something optimized to the n-th degree for your system, you should be running Gentoo. Of course, that requires learning how to boot strap your machine, a fast processor and a fast pipe. (As well as a good understanding of how Linux works.) Not for the faint of heart. But this is a Mandrake list...
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