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Posted by David Haley   USA  (3,881 posts)  [Biography] bio   Moderator
Date Reply #15 on Tue 25 May 2004 08:09 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Yes, installing Linux is becoming almost trivial. You do need to know more or less what to select for packages if you only want to do it once, but even if you leave something out you can install it later. The only thing you need to be careful with is the firewall. You really don't want a weak firewall on a server machine.

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You can install new things without the "you need to restart the computer to complete the installation" message.
Unfortunately, not always. I've found that when you install certain RH Erratum packages, it asks you to reboot the machine. Quite a bother. Reminds me of Windows. :P

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Faster - the same program, running on the same hardware (dual-boot) will tend to run faster under Linux than under Windows.

Hmm. Interesting. What kind of program? If it's something you compiled, are you optimizing the same way? Is it perhaps that g++'s optimizer is just better than VC++'s?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (18,772 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #16 on Tue 25 May 2004 09:26 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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I think it was a MUD server a while back. It loaded area files, which involved some file IO, some calculations, and general stuff.

As for optimizing the "same way" - I think I selected maximum optimization for each compiler (Visual C++ and gcc) however I'm not sure if I compared Cygwin with Linux.

I'm gradually phasing out dual-boot PCs in favour of ones dedicated to a particular operating system, but I think I have one left.

I can try again, perhaps you can suggest a suitable test program - something that would compile on both platforms.
- Nick Gammon

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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (18,772 posts)  [Biography] bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #17 on Tue 25 May 2004 09:27 AM (UTC)  [ quote  ]
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Is it perhaps that g++'s optimizer is just better than VC++'s?


Perhaps, but whatever the reason, better optimisation, better file IO, faster OS calls, if it's faster, it's faster. :)
- Nick Gammon

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