Re: about PowerPc - offtopic

Is that only for an iBook, or is it a more generic change? Hugh BenH wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2000, hughc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Of course, if disk-intensiveness is a large part of the compiling > process, you > >probably need to spend a fair amount of time

Re: xfree

Is the accelerated XFree86 not available for Debian? On my "Bronze" powerbook, X speed seems to be similar for the two of them... Hugh Shiryu wrote: > There is a server, called Xpmac, that is actually acelerated for ATIcards, > and is not on debian, is damm much faster than the frame buffer >

Re: about PowerPc - offtopic

Of course, if disk-intensiveness is a large part of the compiling process, you probably need to spend a fair amount of time with hdparm before it works at it's best. According to it's built-in benchmarks, disk throughput practically doubled on my 400 mhz "Bronze" laptop when I set it to autotune.