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Linux vs MacOS 10..... Linux wins.
Anandtech ^
| September 1st, 2005
| Johan De Gelas
Posted on 09/03/2005 6:31:17 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
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Here's to mactel next year! Bring it! We need it and the updates....... badly it seems.
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I'll take my dual AMD Opteron 250/MP and Fedora Core any day.
Why, I'm using it right now... :-)
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posted on
09/03/2005 6:35:37 AM PDT
by
xcamel
(Deep Red, stuck in a "bleu" state.)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Are there forums out there that talk on troubleshooting printers? I have two Canon printers that all of a sudden decided they wouldn't print the color Blue. Been messing with them for two weeks. Yesterday I got one to give me a little bit of blue. You haven't lived till you spent complete days pulling out your hair on a da*mn machine!
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posted on
09/03/2005 6:45:53 AM PDT
by
shiva
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Actually this benchmark test has already been discredited (see coverage on Slashdot) becanse it depends on a bug in the MySQL database used in the comparison.
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
MacOS10 uses FreeBSD code, but it is Mach at its core, a microkernel based OS. That might explain why the "TCP signals" are slower than Linux. Or it more likely be an example of your typical "poweruser" journalist type who doesn't have a clue what he's talking about except when it comes to things like leet case mods, high technology cooling for overclocking, blah, blah, blah...
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posted on
09/03/2005 8:11:34 AM PDT
by
dr_who_2
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
This comparison is kind of like the bogus Photoshop 'benchmarks' Apple used to use, sufficiently narrow as to not show much.
That said, Linux on Opteron generally is much faster than OSX on G5 for server tasks. A lot of this has to do with the operating system design and optimization. It is widely known that massive server loads give less than stellar results on G5 servers. You can actually get better performance on the same hardware by switching to Linux PPC64. Apple has clearly optimized their operating system for desktop purposes rather than server purposes.
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posted on
09/03/2005 8:19:59 AM PDT
by
tortoise
(All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
To: onef
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Here's to mactel next year! Bring it! We need it and the updates....... badly it seems. Yeah, but the gist of the article is that the problem is not the processor, but the OS. The implementation of Mac OS X made some fundamental design choices that will always make it slower for certain server operations.
That said, I have two Macs in front of me now and am responding to this on m dual 2 gig G5. The savings in time in never having to worry about viri, etc. more than outweighs any execution time penalty. I don't even turn on the PC with Windows 2000 server very often.
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posted on
09/03/2005 11:25:01 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Granted I'm stuck on an Intel system, I'll take slack, suse, and slax over Mac OS X any day. Linux just runs faster and is more customizable in my honest opinion.
But I'll take Mac OS X over Windoze...
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posted on
09/03/2005 2:34:52 PM PDT
by
rzeznikj at stout
(Liberalism: How can we stick our feet in our mouth today??)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
Let's see...
Linux vs. Linux...
Sorry. Don't care.
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posted on
09/03/2005 2:36:06 PM PDT
by
Poser
(Willing to fight for oil)
To: xcamel
Heh, from one fedora user to another.
:-)
It seems that the old addage "breathe new life into your computer" carries the most weight on a mac.
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posted on
09/03/2005 3:18:54 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
To: shiva
I'm not sure. If the machine is still within warranty I'd get it replaced, if not just buy a new one and make sure the cartridges are the same so you can use your existing ones and save a little cash.
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posted on
09/03/2005 3:20:41 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
To: BlazingArizona
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posted on
09/03/2005 3:21:10 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
To: dr_who_2
Apparently you missed the list of contributors.
Or you just didn't read it altogether.........
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posted on
09/03/2005 3:24:15 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
To: glorgau
^^^^^^^^^Here's to mactel next year! Bring it! We need it and the updates....... badly it seems.
Yeah, but the gist of the article is that the problem is not the processor, but the OS.^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That was precisely what I was saying. We need the updates. When mactel comes, we'll also get a new MacOS which should fix these problems.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^The savings in time in never having to worry about viri, etc. more than outweighs any execution time penalty.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's why I took windows off this machine about 2 years ago. But I've got the best of both worlds. It's kind of weird as I actually find myself wanting something to break just so I'll have something to fix.
And a new operating system every 6 months(roughly) is very nice.
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posted on
09/03/2005 3:28:25 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
To: rzeznikj at stout
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posted on
09/03/2005 3:29:02 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
To: Poser
I don't understand your comment.
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posted on
09/03/2005 3:30:48 PM PDT
by
Halfmanhalfamazing
(You upgraded to Linux? No, I'm not surprised your computer works properly now. Amazing, no?)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
I do and that's what is important.
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posted on
09/03/2005 4:01:36 PM PDT
by
Poser
(Willing to fight for oil)
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
To: Halfmanhalfamazing
The contributors didn't write the article.
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posted on
09/03/2005 9:59:21 PM PDT
by
dr_who_2
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