On 2013-03-15, Dale wrote: > I didn't miss anything. I get what some are saying. The reason for my > question is this. Gentoo allows a person to customize the OS to the > specific hardware it is being run on. Redhat and other binary distros > don't allow this, unless you compile your own packages which is no > longer really a binary install. > > So, if I install Redhat on my machine, would it be less efficient than > my Gentoo install which is customized for my hardware? Has someone else > tested this and made it public? > > If people can't get this, never mind.
I have not tested this nor seen data on this, but I'd look for comparisons on the efficiency and gains from gcc optimizations. These would be what benefits source-based distros on a specific system compared to binary distros, and a benchmark made with gcc will be simpler and easier to deal with than an os-wide benchmark. -- Nuno Silva (aka njsg) http://njsg.sdf-eu.org/
