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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4269 comp.os.linux.misc:30706 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!werple.apana.org.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!bnr.co.uk!bcarh8ac.bnr.ca!bmerhc5e.bnr.ca!mlord From: mlord@bnr.ca (Mark Lord) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: How fast? [was: ... slugish ...] Date: 28 Nov 1994 22:51:21 GMT Organization: BNR Ottawa, Canada Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3bdmt9$knd@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> References: <1994Nov28.194617.18912@system9.unisys.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmerha23.bnr.ca In article <1994Nov28.194617.18912@system9.unisys.com> alexd@system9.unisys.com writes: <If anyone from the Linux side could tell me what version I should be <grabbing and from where it would be appreciated. (think I have Slackware <2.0 on one of my CD's). < <I was going to look at I/O (iozone), the Byte Unix Benchmarks, and compile <times for 3 arbitrary software packages. Slackware 2.1 is the current distribution, with a fairly recent kernel. The kernel in 2.0 can be much slower for some operations. -- mlord@bnr.ca Mark Lord BNR Ottawa,Canada 613-763-7482