[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Anyone here use Gentoo?

[Chris Cox]

Dennis Daupert wrote:
> I've eyed Gentoo, plan to jump in sometime this next time horizon.
> I'm not a rank nubie, but not yet a guru, and want to learn a few more
> tricks. I'd like to do some optimization to existing boxes first.
> 
> What sites do people like for sources of info on optimizing performance
> of linux?
> 
> Chris, would this make a good NTLUG presentation?

I'm pretty easy... OF COURSE it's a great idea for a presentation.
(realize, anything Linux makes for a great idea though!!)

Some other things is runtime (or post runtime analysis) montoring
and restructuring based on runtime characteristics.  One example is how to
partition when you have more than one drive to maximize
performance (instead of just doing a generic RAID-0 thing).
Another (more complicated) is dynamic restructuring of runtime
executables to ensure page boundary alignments whenever possible
(e.g. GNU Rope ... back when Nat did interesting things before
quick $'s became his way of life).