Originally posted by Steffo
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Originally posted by arjan_intel
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"Clear Linux 17210 has the Linux 4.12 kernel, GCC 7.2.0, and uses an EXT4 file-system.
Debian 9.1 - Debian Stretch has the Linux 4.9 kernel, GCC 6.3.0, and an EXT4 file-system.".
If Clear Linux used a newer Kernel they would have pooled their efforts with those running on the leading edge, same could be said for Debian and the Compiler - once I am booted and Tooled I recompile everything bleeding edge.
Takes a while, lots of fun on the way, but once I'm back up I'm sitting at the front of the class.
Clear Linux is fast due to a paid team of experts, they might have tested a different Compiler - I've been out of this for a bit but last I heard Open64 and Intel's own Compiler was doing good.
Debian is fast due to a huge team of many, some experts and some less so (but appreciated nonetheless), with GCC doing almost as good (a few years since I checked).
So while my knowledge is not as current as I'd like, to offer an opinion on this, it's because Debian is Upstream for a number of Distributions (poorly showing Ubuntu included) so work on Debian benefits a huge community and gets lots of push.
Debian Crew does their own work, receives input from other Distributions, and has some Bleeding Edgers tweaking, tuning, smashing and fixing; a combobulation of many things, great and small.
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