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"some workloads saw improvements, overall system performance slightly declined, and binary sizes increased." So -O3 isn't paying off in the Ubuntu packaging world for now and will be reverted soon.

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[–] scratchandgame@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Great! I would like to use -O0 or -O1 on my distro..

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Here is me (still) hoping for arm64 to become mainstream just like x86_64.

t. I'm typing this on my orange pi 5 max. And the gap between this pc and a "typical" x86_64 one is almost nonexistant.

[–] sleep_deprived@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd really rather we skip over ARM and head straight for RISC V. ARM is a step in the right direction though.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

head straight for RISC V

[–] Kanedias@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Arm is an awful platform. Linux support across vendors is horrible, all GPU drivers are closed, bootloaders are locked, acpi is barely supported. Please no.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you're listing things that will be fixed.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 week ago
[–] lengau@midwest.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd much rather see RISC-V take over.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

It's gonna happen I think.

Desktop ARM is great but it's still locked behind like 2 vendors (Snapdragon and Apple) and has hardware more locked down than x86.

x86 is, well, x86.

RISC-V might be slower right now but China's mega investment is going to force others to rush into the ISA to try and beat them to market. Give it 5 years and we're gonna see a totally different landscape to now.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What processor are you considering a typical x86_64, and also what is your use case?

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Typical" implies "standard", so a low to mid end rig. Which also means (presumably) a "standard' use case i.e what any "typical" user does -- search for something on the internet, see funny videos and post on online communities such as facebook or similars. And before you say "define a typical user" -- a user that has a very basic understanding on how to interact with a computer and use it properly. So... even "your mom" fits this criteria.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was asking about you, because you made the comparison.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I don't make up stuff, but rely on facts and logic instead. :^)

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 3 points 1 week ago

Oof guy if you ever have to use the phrase "I..rely on facts and logic" with a passive aggressive smilie on the end you've already lost. I don't even think there was an argument, but you still lost.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

I didn’t think you made stuff up. I thought you were making an interesting point at first (why I asked for more detail), but then you rambled on vaguely and didn’t answer my question at all.

I’ll go look into ARM somewhere else.

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Translation for those not completely up to speed with the stakes of all this?