Gentoo is Fast on New G5s

Posted by pudge on Tuesday September 9, 2003 @04:18PM from the supa-fast dept.

Durin_Deathless writes "According to a thread on the Gentoo/PPC forums, some Gentoo users have installed Gentoo on their new G5s without any problems whatsoever. Benchmarks are extraordinary: compiling kde on a G5 running at half speed takes 15 minutes, while it takes one hour on the fastest P4 available. Gentoo/PowerPC lead, Pieter Van den Abeele, reported that the machine currently runs at half speed due to fan controlling hardware not yet supported. The Gentoo team will post benchmarks, and will update installation instructions as soon as possible. There is some question as to what exactly was compiled, as the times seem impossibly fast even on the P4."

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Re:compiling KDE by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 16:52 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Blasphemer! I call down evil upon you.

How dare you question G5 benchmarks? Once they are made clear to us, we must accept them as holy writ, else face the punishment of God. Get behind me, Gates.
Re:How teh fuck? by Alan+Partridge · 2003-09-09 21:25 · Score: -1, Flamebait

"--- its to bad about the monkey, I kinda liked them"

It's too bad about the monkey, I kinda liked them.

Didn't you go to fucking school?

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