The Flat Earth Society
Other Discussion Boards => Technology & Information => Topic started by: xasop on May 30, 2015, 04:56:31 PM
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I find it interesting to compare time taken to compile OpenBSD (kernel, userland and X.org) from source on different machines as a rough measure of relative performance. Some rough stats:
Lenovo ThinkPad X201
CPU: Intel Core i5-520M quad-core @ 2.40 GHz
Approximate build time: 2 hours
Apple iBook G4 (PowerBook6,7)
CPU: PowerPC G4 7447A @ 1333 MHz
Approximate build time: 7 hours
Lemote Yeeloong
CPU: Loongson 2F @ 796 MHz
Approximate build time: 20 hours
The iBook's result is particularly impressive, given that it's a single-core machine that was released several years before the Yeeloong.
So, FES, how often do you compile your OS and how long does it take?
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My OS is so perfect I've never had to compile it.
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My OS is so perfect I've never had to compile it.
I enjoy compiling my OS, regardless of if I need to make local modifications. That said, I find that OpenBSD makes it so easy to maintain local modifications that I find myself adding small features here and there that I want but aren't something anyone else would care for me to publish.
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I would not know how to compile my OS without considerable research. That being said, I used bloated OsX, so there is likely little hope for me.
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I would not know how to compile my OS without considerable research. That being said, I used bloated OsX, so there is likely little hope for me.
If you ever compile something that turns into OSX please let me know.
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I would not know how to compile my OS without considerable research. That being said, I used bloated OsX, so there is likely little hope for me.
If you ever compile something that turns into OSX please let me know.
See? You are likely mocking me and I do not even know how... Terrible, just terrible.
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See? You are likely mocking me and I do not even know how... Terrible, just terrible.
Compiling something requires that you have the source code. Compiling OSX would mean you have the source code for OSX, which then means I would murder you and sell it for a fortune while zombie Steve Jobs tries to hunt me down starring Liam Neeson as Batman.
No one in this thread could talk about how long it took you to compile Windows or OSX unless you're Thork and have no idea what the difference between compile and install is.
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See? You are likely mocking me and I do not even know how... Terrible, just terrible.
This is a perpetual problem for me.
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It usually takes me about 11 munutes.
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Important update!
Custom-built behemoth
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 quad-core w/hyperthreading @ 3.40 GHz
Approximate build time: 50 minutes
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Yeah but how long does it take to uncompile it?
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Compile?
I haven't been able to get all the cards through the card-reader yet!
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Compiler? I hardly know 'er!
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I just use Debian. For my servers and desktop and laptop.
Those are my Linux machines. These are my main machines. :-B
I have other machines for work and editing. (Win7 and OS X).
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Debian is so out of date, though. You get updates years after the developers release them. By then, they are obsolete. Why do you do that to yourself?
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Debian is so out of date, though. You get updates years after the developers release them. By then, they are obsolete. Why do you do that to yourself?
FREEEEDOOOOOM!!!!!!
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I just use Debian. For my servers and desktop and laptop.
Those are my Linux machines. These are my main machines. :-B
I have other machines for work and editing. (Win7 and OS X).
That's great, but this thread isn't "what OS do you use?".
Debian is so out of date, though. You get updates years after the developers release them. By then, they are obsolete. Why do you do that to yourself?
Enough with this shitty troll already.
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It only takes Windows 15 minutes to compile. A kind software dev on this forum told me so.