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Could it be that Linux got bloated that much over the last years?
Help or insights are appreciated.
Here a list of problems:
- if you aren't building for your target you end up wasting cpu cycles because of mismatched pipeline model and other wrong assumptions.
- glibc is bigger than necessary by default and there aren't yet enough ppc oriented optimizations for it .
- gnome is anything but large. I spare you my feelings about gnome, I should help more and rant less.
In order to have more speed you may:
- compile everything that is worth (glibc and other often used libraries) to fit the cpu better.
- try using lighter applications since you don't have that much memory to spare.
Morphos may or may not be faster than linux (still something I should test so I will end my discussions with Matt once for all) but it's more because its target is JUST powerpc than anything else.
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