Jaron Omega <inphrared@ephemeron.org> wrote:

Jaron> This is interesting as my limited knowledge goes
Jaron> about processors.  But LinuxPPC feels extremely fast
Jaron> at the console.  NetBSD didn't seem all to fast, nor
Jaron> did MacOS X Server.

Slowness of console is mainly from disabling cache on the
video RAM area.  I used to try to enable writh-through cache
and it had great effect.

Jaron> MacOS X Server of course had great video support, but
Jaron> of course that would be obvious since Apple did the
Jaron> video drivers, meanwhile X in either or Linux or BSD
Jaron> on Mac hardware is intolerably slow.

Porting XFree86 to macppc is in progress.

Jaron> Heard John Carmack was working on X for Darwin, but
Jaron> the pessimistic side of me, tells me this is a lost
Jaron> cause, as it should be for LinuxPPC or more defined
Jaron> OS's available.

Jaron> I have to ask, is there a single OS that is fully
Jaron> optimized for the PPC arch?

Hmm, you may want to use AIX or OS/400? :-)

In my own opinion, NetBSD doesn't aim to optimize too much
for any arches, which easily break on other arches or MI/MD
separation.  Although it impacts speed some time, clean
design ensures stability and interchangeability.

e.g. XFree86 assumes x86 or PC arches in various place and
is hard to port to other arches.

Jaron> Sorry if this seems lame to some of you.

It's no problem for me.

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