From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 22:48:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE32116A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:48:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 200-101-077-139.bsace705.dsl.brasiltelecom.net.br (200-101-077-139.bsace705.dsl.brasiltelecom.net.br [200.101.77.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4155C43D54 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:48:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from renato_fbsd@optrade.com.br) Received: from p4 (200-101-111-157.bsace705.dsl.brasiltelecom.net.br [200.101.111.157])ESMTP id 9E85E33C28; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:46:02 -0300 (BRT) Message-ID: <000e01c45586$66ab56a0$2101a8c0@p4> From: "Renato Marques" To: "Patrick Useldinger" , References: <40D336A0.5020803@vo.lu> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:48:40 -0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Re: any use to build from source? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:48:36 -0000 Hi, When I was using 4.1 release, removing just the hardware that I was not using and building the Kernel gave me mutch better performance. I Dont know about internals so, probabily, this is not true anymore. Anyway, I could mount a DNS Server on a Pentium 75 Mhz with 16MB, because the GENERIC Kernel was using about 4MB and the compiled one 2,5MB. Samba had a much better performance too... That's about the Kernel, when I install any serious application I always compile from source, so I get the last stable release and no one from the Ports collection, beside the fact that normaly I have to turn on/off some options. > Hi all, > > I must say that I was initially interested in the idea of building > software from source - but I am kind of loosing it. > > Certainly, it allows you to compile with the compiler options you want, > you are able to optimize the binaries for your CPU, but: does it really > matter? Are the speed improvements really visible? > > Dependencies was another argument: you compile with the correct headers > of dependant files, well... is that really so? If you upgraded the > dependant binaries, wouldn't you get the same effect? > > One certain drawback of compiling from source is the compilation time. > Large packages like KDE or OpenOffice take ages, so you can't just > "quickly" upgrade a whole system, or a large part of it. I might add > that I am more the typical desktop user, not using my machines for real > and specific server apps. > > So, my question is basically: did you, in your experience, find that > compiling from source *really* has any serious advantages that make up > for the time it takes? > > -PU > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >