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Rick Myers
November 15th, 2007, 08:13 PM
Information I'm finding suggests that Linux using packages is slower than apps compiled into the kernel.

I'm hoping to gather input from the community on;
1) True or False?
2) If true, how much slower in comparison?


TIA

aysiu
November 15th, 2007, 08:17 PM
Information I'm finding suggests that compiling applications is slower than installing packaged applications.

Rick Myers
November 15th, 2007, 08:24 PM
Information I'm finding suggests that compiling applications is slower than installing packaged applications.

Thanks for the quick reply Aysiu.

Can you direct me to supporting information?

ddrichardson
November 15th, 2007, 08:55 PM
What do you mean by apps compiled into the kernel?

SunnyRabbiera
November 15th, 2007, 08:57 PM
compiling depending on your processor can be like watching a snail race...

happysmileman
November 15th, 2007, 09:13 PM
Compiling is much slower at first (i.e. to install) but the resulting program will usually be faster, unless you set options wrong.

By default you should get a noticable speed increase, but not necessarily enough to justify time spent compiling, but if you go to the bothering of editing the C-FLAGS (i.e. march=pentium4 instead of march=i386) you could get a huge speed increase