> My gcc doesn't seem to support pentium optimisations, but compiling a small
> test program for a 486 versus 386 increased the size slightly. Are you sure
> 686 optimized binaries get smaller?
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I picked the /usr/X11R6/bin directory for my test. There were 384
files that both distros had in common. 208 of these were the same size.
I added the file sizes /distro and added 1 to the smaller distro's app count.
My results:
MDK: 18265904, 52
SSE: 22516638, 124
What does it mean: SSE had more files that were smaller, but overall
SSE's total byte count was about 20-25% greater than MDK's. Both were
running V11.0 of X (as shown by xdpyinfo).
Ya know, this is a religious war, which I didn't ask for. I
didn't ask for a relative comparison of distro's since each person is
going to have their favorites. What I asked for was how would be the
easiest way to convert which most did not address. Is this a case
of "I gotta say something. I don't know the answer to her question.
I'll pipe up about a different topic instead and tell her why she
shouldn't change distros so I won't have to answer the question she
asked." It appears the answer to my question is that there is no
easier way than what I came up with -- which is still a relative pain.
sigh,
-linda
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