On Friday, January 25, 2019 3:47:25 PM CST Stefan Brüns wrote:
No, the problem is the benchmarks are selling the truck for a sports car. There is no mentioning what the differences are. According to the article, the capabilities are all the same.
The topic of selling distros as the same is not something I see phoronix do. In fact the opposite is rather the point of the benchmarks.
Reducing the comparison to mere speed does not show the whole picture, it is misinformation. A casual reader will just see, oh, a bunch of Linux distributions, they are all the same, but some are faster - what a crappy job done by the others ...
Depending on a user's needs some distros do things worse than others. Clearly, I can transport a bunch of stuff in a car or a truck. Definitely larger objects and more easily in a truck, but I could buy a trailer for the car. This of course requires me to look into transport methods as they pertain to cars. The car vs truck analogy ironically demonstrates my point perfectly. Vehicles are essentially distros. They ship a method of generating power (engine), climate control, entertainment systems, seats, safety features, etc., but provide them in very different configurations. As a casual vehicle buyer I generally only care about a couple high-level requirements and not so much about the details of how they are accomplished. The problem with distros is they are not quite as transparent and easily compared. If you don't like the benchmarks ignore them, but they accomplish what they set out to. It would be like saying the various vehicle review magazines and sites do not tell the whole story...indeed...that is not the point. -- Jimmy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org