[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
> 
> 
> 
> 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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