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Gentoo is Fast on New G5s
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."
G5 is lots faster than P4? This is so obvious to even the most clueless home computer user! I mean, come on, how can a P4 possibly compete with a G5? The G5 is clearly 1 ahead!
Can slashdot please tell us something that's not common knowledge? I mean geez, next the'll be like: Saddam Masterminded 9/11. Well no duh!
I installed 64 bit HP/UX on my Pentium 4. It only took me one HP/UX CD and a dab of epoxy but it installed nicely on the computer. I am sure someone could do the same with a G5 and a 64bit AMD distro, although a Mac person would probably do a much nicer job since they are more artistic. They'd probably frame and mat it in a nice shadow box with some pretty flowers or colored macaronis.
'Same speed C but faster'
I mean, is that or is that not the vaguest bloody headline you've ever read?
"Linux is fast on a new fast computer"
I mean, come on...
Actually, the real test will come when somebody measures how fast this thing can copy a 17 megabyte file from one folder to another.