The whole experience counts, yeah its good if its a free download but no one forks money becos the kernel alone is stable or fast. Its over simplifying saying the performance btw distros is the same becos the Kernel is the same. Am not a expert in this am sure there are other factors (primary i can think of FS type). Quoting David Cary Hart <Fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:26 -0500, Sundara Pandian wrote: > > I dont wish to start a flame war here about which distro is better , was > posting > > my observations and suggestions. > > I did some accoona searches and found this article on anandtech > > > > http://anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2114&p=2 > > > Yes, I saw that and read "Eventually, we anticipate adding more > operating systems to our mini-breakdown, perhaps including BSD > distributions and Mandrake, Gentoo . . . " > > The first thing they should do is to learn the difference between an OS > and a distribution. > > Given that the distributions use the same kernel (for the most part) and > the same open source applications, I have a feeling that they are all > astonishingly close in performance providing that they are configured > the same. > > Perceived speed is probably the LAST criteria for distribution > selection. > > > pl do have a look. > > > > > > > > Quoting Ed Wilts <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 02:12:45PM -0500, Sundara Pandian wrote: > > > > I will get on working some benchmarks, i am not just saying this out > > > > of the air > > > > > > > 2. Searching for text in file across a particular directory with same > > > > number of files > > > > eg : find /backup -name *.dbf | xargs grep somestring > > > > > > This is fixed in the latest grep and was related to the default language > > > settings. > > > > > > -- > > > Ed Wilts, RHCE > > > Mounds View, MN, USA > > > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > > > ================== > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > ================== > > Sundara Pandian > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence > http://www.TQMcube.com > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ================== #!/usr/bin/perl ================== Sundara Pandian ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.