Posted by: Anonymous
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on September 15, 2008 11:41 PM
I have rather mixed feelings about the success of Phoronix and Michael's work.
On the one hand having a site to go for Linux focused reviews is useful, on the other hand the articles are Phoronix are not usually of good quality.
Apart from the usual shilling for ATI/AMD and Solaris there are the remarkably unscientific conclusions drawn from benchmarks which are essentially meaningless ... many of the video card articles draw conclusions about which kernel or driver is faster based on a 2 or 3 frame difference (i.e. a insignificant difference both statistically and practically).
Other articles like Today's article on the various eeePC distros which show significant differences in performance numbers between distros are essentially skin deep offering no insightful analysis of why there are any differences at all (i.e. why would Fedora be so much faster at compiling then the others?).
I would say the one thing I do find helpful is the reviews that have an abundance of screen shots, those at least let me have a peak at other apps, distros, or games I might not have seen before.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 74.13.127.3] on September 15, 2008 11:41 PMOn the one hand having a site to go for Linux focused reviews is useful, on the other hand the articles are Phoronix are not usually of good quality.
Apart from the usual shilling for ATI/AMD and Solaris there are the remarkably unscientific conclusions drawn from benchmarks which are essentially meaningless ... many of the video card articles draw conclusions about which kernel or driver is faster based on a 2 or 3 frame difference (i.e. a insignificant difference both statistically and practically).
Other articles like Today's article on the various eeePC distros which show significant differences in performance numbers between distros are essentially skin deep offering no insightful analysis of why there are any differences at all (i.e. why would Fedora be so much faster at compiling then the others?).
I would say the one thing I do find helpful is the reviews that have an abundance of screen shots, those at least let me have a peak at other apps, distros, or games I might not have seen before.
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