Originally posted by blackiwid
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Grumbling about optimizations have some basis, for bsd people, at least. Linux distros often do come to a degree pre-configured for one or other purpose (Fedora Server, Ubuntu Server and so forth..). Or you can select intended use-scenario from it's installer (OpenSUSE for example).
BSD tends to come (with the exception of some FreeBSD derivatives) as DIY OS. You are finished with base install: you have to fully configure it yourself up to and including fine-tuning the performance.
So when Phoronix does it's testing it tends to be like: optimized Linux distros vs BSD base install, with some extra packages thrown on top - ones needed for benching. Thats all. I even understand that you cannot have completely fair benchmarking, there are too many subjective variables involved.
But this grumbling also is often caused by Linux-die hards (like pal666, Pawlerson ... ) who would then invariably take the same benchmark results and present these as "The Truth about Linux superiority" and start ranting about necessity of killing off all the other OS'es, because Linux is "so much better".. Gets tiring.
Luckily, haven't seen neither troll here for some time. Hope it stays same.
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