On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 18:43, Rthoreau wrote: > I have been doing some research lately about the performance difference > between binary packages, and those compiled from source. From what I have > learned so far their really is not a good tool to verify the difference. <snip> For 99% of cases its not worth it. Most packages are compiled for i386 and thus are not optimized for every new chip. You can compile packages for i686 or newer but the few clock cycles you save will not make your word processing any faster. OTOH, if you are doing CG rendering, perhaps it will be beneficial. BTW, Gentoo folks love to compile things, its in their blood. -Kev
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