[ale] Bleeding edge linux?

[Stephen Turner]

im using gentoo which does the same, if im right (i
know it compiles it optimized for your machine) it
compiles it optimized but barely optimized. it
compiles it in a c code form still, true just as a os
alone the performance may go unnoticed but if it coes
from a clutterd c code (usable on various processors
even after optimized) to a small assembly code size,
well the hard drive space saved plus on servers under
load i think it would shine nicely :) but running it
under a 1ghz with just a user desktop.. no it wouldnt
help not much. im tempted to try it though, however i
would need folowers due to my lack of skill and time i
would not be able to take this task on alone. and
seeing how it would only be a compiler, all programs
made for linux should work. good idea or bad idea?

>The speed you would gain on today's processors would
>be so marginal as 
>to
>go unnoticed. I think it was Sorceror linux that was
>doing something
>similar, allowing you to download the source and
>compile it natively 
>with
>optimizations for your machine. Cool idea, but it
>takes quite a bit of
>time to compile all that source and, as I said, the
>gains in speed are 
>so
>slim, I doubt its worth it. 
>
>Ben


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