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  • This Group Is Defunct: But One More Chance

    From Lester Thorpe@lt@gnu.rocks to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Wed Sep 10 09:45:06 2025
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    This NG is deader than dog shit, but I'll give it one more chance.

    The vast majority of GNU/Linux distros build their packages so as
    to be able to run on an ancient 486DX. Thus, congrats, lackeys,
    on your feeble machines.

    Optimization is possible, via compiler options and LTO (link time optimization), but the user must take on the distro building himself.

    There are other optimizations as well: PGO and BOL.

    PGO = profile guided optimization. It is available within
    the GNU Compiler Collection.

    BOLT = Binary Optimization and Layout Tool. This is a post-build
    tool to improve how/where the binary file is loaded:

    <https://github.com/facebookarchive/BOLT>

    Holy godzilla mutherfuckers! There is so much optimization
    possible that it makes my head spin. GNU/Linux is made to
    be optimized. So why aren't most distros doing it?

    Here is one exception:

    <https://wiki.cachyos.org/features/kernel/>

    Maybe others will follow suit.
    --
    Gentoo: the only road to GNU/Linux perfection.
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  • From Joel W. Crump@joelcrump@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Wed Sep 10 06:21:48 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 9/10/2025 5:45 AM, Lester Thorpe wrote:

    This NG is deader than dog shit, but I'll give it one more chance.

    The vast majority of GNU/Linux distros build their packages so as
    to be able to run on an ancient 486DX. Thus, congrats, lackeys,
    on your feeble machines.

    Optimization is possible, via compiler options and LTO (link time optimization), but the user must take on the distro building himself.

    There are other optimizations as well: PGO and BOL.

    PGO = profile guided optimization. It is available within
    the GNU Compiler Collection.

    BOLT = Binary Optimization and Layout Tool. This is a post-build
    tool to improve how/where the binary file is loaded:

    <https://github.com/facebookarchive/BOLT>

    Holy godzilla mutherfuckers! There is so much optimization
    possible that it makes my head spin. GNU/Linux is made to
    be optimized. So why aren't most distros doing it?

    Here is one exception:

    <https://wiki.cachyos.org/features/kernel/>

    Maybe others will follow suit.


    I think you're wrong, that in fact using Windows or Linux-distro media,
    on a super-modern CPU, may not take full advantage of said CPU but will perform adequately close to your stripped-bare setup.
    --
    Joel W. Crump
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  • From Marco Moock@mm@dorfdsl.de to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Thu Sep 11 11:30:35 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    On 10.09.2025 09:45 Lester Thorpe wrote:

    The vast majority of GNU/Linux distros build their packages so as
    to be able to run on an ancient 486DX. Thus, congrats, lackeys,
    on your feeble machines.

    That is long gone. Certain distributions like RHEL already require
    x86_64v3 - and can use optimizations like AVX.

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