[mohaa] Distributions
richardnharrison at btinternet.com
richardnharrison at btinternet.com
Tue Aug 19 06:45:07 EDT 2003
Thats what i believed was the case.
Thanks.
> from: Eric Koldeweij <eric at no-sense.net>
> date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:30:54
> to: mohaa at icculus.org
> subject: Re: [mohaa] Distributions
>
>
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> richardnharrison at btinternet.com wrote:
>
> >This is more of a general question rather than a mohaa specific quesiton but i am sure its one that i could get a decent answer from the readers of this list.
> >I am rather new to linux but am wondering if different distributions offer different performance aspects to gaming servers.
> >
>
> Basically, no. They all use the same kernel, so the real OS and all
> hardware drivers are the same on every distribution. However, besides
> the kernel also dozens of applications and services are installed which
> (can) differ among distributions. These running processes could
> adversely affect performance. X-windows is a good example of this.
>
> I'd suggest use the distro you're most comfortable with and don't run
> unnecessary services.
>
> Eric.
>
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