Swiftfox for Duo Core 2

[Daniel Pittman]

"Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com> writes:
> On 22/01/07, Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:
>> "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > Swiftfox (firefox builds optimized for a paricular processor) are
>> > available for these processors:

[...]

>> > Which one should I choose if I've got an Intell Duo Core 2 proccessor?
>>
>> Short answer: None of them.  You should use the stock, unmodified
>> version that is packaged as part of Ubuntu.
>
> Iceweaslel? I hate the icon :)

No, Ubuntu have elected to stick with the Firefox name and brand.  

>> The longer answer is: what do you think you will gain from this?
>
> A slightly more responsive firefox. On my last machine, a 1.3 gHz
> Duron, the difference between swiftfox and firefox was amazing. Simply
> amazing. 

OK.  Well, real world experience trumps bench tests any day. ;)

I suspect that you will find less difference on the modern core 2
system, but your millage obviously may vary.

[...]

>> Are you sure you wouldn't gain more performance by sticking with the
>> stock Firefox and putting a little effort into optimizing Pango
>> rendering -- the most likely gain in the synthetic benchmark?
>
> I might. Tell me more. I'm very, very interested.
>
>> Heck, are you sure you wouldn't gain more by doing some real profiling
>> on Firefox and working out where it spends time working?
>
> Like?

Build the package with profiling support and generate results that way,
or use oprofile.  Like the previous option this requires being a
developer, so possible not so useful unless you already know C++.

Regards,
        Daniel
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