Gentoo is Fast on New G5s 119
Durin_Deathless writes "According to a thread on the Gentoo/PPC forums, some Gentoo users have installed Gentoo on their new G5s without any problems whatsoever. Benchmarks are extraordinary: compiling kde on a G5 running at half speed takes 15 minutes, while it takes one hour on the fastest P4 available. Gentoo/PowerPC lead, Pieter Van den Abeele, reported that the machine currently runs at half speed due to fan controlling hardware not yet supported. The Gentoo team will post benchmarks, and will update installation instructions as soon as possible. There is some question as to what exactly was compiled, as the times seem impossibly fast even on the P4."
Well duh, 5>4 (Score:5, Funny)
Can slashdot please tell us something that's not common knowledge? I mean geez, next the'll be like: Saddam Masterminded 9/11. Well no duh!
Re:compile time? (Score:3, Funny)
You can if you download all the languages.
The above post, condensed to 5 words (Score:4, Funny)
in other news: (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The real test. (Score:2, Funny)
You're not a Gentoo user, are you?
Re:How teh fuck? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Well duh, 54 (Score:2, Funny)
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fastb - lol apple have the g5 out. its must be slower than the p4 because they have so many more revisions to get through! next up is h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 then i1, i2... up to p1, p2, p3, p4! LOL!
kev[0] -I just read that three times and I think I'm dumber for it.
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Wow... informative headline (Score:5, Funny)
"Linux is fast on a new fast computer"
I mean, come on...
Re:Wow... informative headline (Score:5, Funny)
"Linux is fast on a new fast computer"
I mean, come on...
I guess my submission was rejected... "Gentoo is slow on an old G3"
Re:Processor performance has never been my limit (Score:1, Funny)
*gag*
Re:The real test. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Well duh, 54 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The real test. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:15 minutes?! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The above post, condensed to 5 words (Score:3, Funny)