Better still, take a suite of the usual apps you use (word processing,
email, games, or other apps) and compare their throughput and performance on
'doze and linux (on identical machines).
Should give you a crude idea of the difference ...
Raju, is this "benchmarks suck" statement because several 'doze oriented
benchmarks have placed Linux low down on the pecking order, far below NT4
and BSD? ;)
Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raju Mathur [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 4:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LIH] Benchmark for Linux
>
> What do you want a benchmark for? If you really want to benchmark,
> compile POVRAY under identical Winduhs and Linux boxes (bad benchmark)
> or run SETI@Home and see what sort of packet times you get under both.
> BTW, benchmarks suck. They're as meaningful as bogomips, and as
> useful.
> .
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