On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:40:00 +0000, Nick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > every piece > of software on my system from the bootstrap up is compiled for my > hardware aka p4, every debian binary is built for a 386 machine to keep > compatibility!
Show me the proof that this is faster and I'd be convinced. Nobody has yet managed to, and I don't think it is. > and on top of that a stable debian release takes years! > ... > ...do an > apt-get dist-upgrade and your entire system crashes, thats always nice. Hence 'stable'. Which is why the release cycle is so long. > i still like them both and still run both on servers, You run gentoo on *SERVERS*!?!?! > and i even > compared the two on two separate mail servers, and getnoo blew debian > away hands down on performance. > try it for yourself and you will see. I don't have the resources or the time to sit through a gentoo install and write performance comparison tests. If you've done this like you claim you have, why not share your results? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]