On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 18:11 -0800, Brian Morris wrote: > On 4/1/10, Brian Morris <cymraeg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 3/31/10, Michel Dänzer <daen...@debian.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 17:21 -0700, Brian Morris wrote: > >>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Aris Monazteriaz <iama...@gmx.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > How usable is Debian on PowerBook G4? Can I install programs right > >>> > away > >>> > or > >>> > I have to compile them myself? Can I install Firefox with Flash > >>> > support? > >>> > etc.. > >>> > > >>> > >>> You don't have to but if you get the compiler flags right for your cpu > >>> optimized it will run a lot faster. > >>> Especially these days more than ever as auto-altivec optimizing has > >>> been greatly improve with gcc4.5 > >> > >> Do you have any numbers to back that claim? > > > > Try building gprolog - it has a benchmark suite in the build > > directory. Build from upstream source. > > 70-100% faster in all tests. > > p.s. sorry that figure was from osX Tiger. I haven't finished the > comparison on current unstable yet.
If you find a similar gap and can isolate it to one or a few compiler flags, maybe you can ask the gprolog package maintainer to add those flags if the result also works on non-Altivec-capable machines or provide Altivec-enabled variants of the binaries otherwise. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1270202688.25578.75.ca...@thor.local
