[rescue] linux ports

[Joshua D. Boyd]

I was under the impression that the biggest problem with linux for the
alpha was GCC being really aweful at compiling alpha code.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
>   I will say that I'm very impressed with the performance of Linux on
> SPARC hardware.  I wish they'd put the same amount of effort into
> optimizing their Alpha support...it's just plain SLOW.  If they
> address this, a DS10 or DS20 running Linux might very well be desktop
> nirvana.
> 
>   NO BASHING HERE, DAMMIT.
> 
>         -Dave McGuire
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