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Re: gentoo was: Re: AMD owners!!!
On Wednesday 23 January 2002 22:32, Michael Montz wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:21:07 -0600
>
> Sarah Hay <[email protected]> wrote:
> > A sound theory but many distros have alot of unnecessary stuff compiled
>
> into
>
> > their base system that one may not want or use. Because of the
>
> streamlined nature of LFS and likely Gentoo, they
>
> > can run noticably faster than even a barebones base sytem of most of the
> >
> > other distros.
>
> I agree that there is fluff as part of the base systems of many
> distrubutions but that doesn't mean that these programs are running and
> therefore using memory or cpu cycles. The only resource being used is
> space on the HD.
>
> If you have something running on boot that you don't need, stop the
> process and uninstall the program thus reducing the use of resources.
>
> My .02 worth.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
Yes you are very right about that. I thought of that almost the second that I
clicked the send button. I definitely stand corrected on this point. Thanks!
Sarah
Still nifty Little distros, though! If you are into the long hard road or a
real tinker with extra time and resources (ie. hdd space)
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