Re: science fair project

[E Nigma <enigma os2 ami com au>]

On Wednesday 02 January 2002 02:51, you wrote:
> Problem is under linux you don't know what other processes might be
> running at any given time. ?These will affect the timing that you are
> trying to measure. ?Unfortunately, there is no easy and accurate answer.

I'm assuming he has sufficient hardware. If he can dedicate a server to the 
task, then he can do a fair comparison. If he's working on it with a few 
mates, 


A kickstart install with a bare minimum of packages would be suitable. I 
suggest KS so it's more easily reproduced by others or on other hardware, in 
the true scientific spirit.

Also, reinstalling from scratch ensures none of the tests impacts unfairly on 
any of the others.




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