From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steve Simon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:59:53 +0100 Message-Id: References: <7aa1f8ae5b628668@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] PDP11 (Was: Re: what heavy negativity!) Topicbox-Message-UUID: eb23120c-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 people come down very hard on the pi. here are my times for building the pi kernel. i rebuilt it a few times to pu= sh data into any caches available. pi3+ with a high-ish spec sd card: 23 secs dual intel atom 1.8Ghz with an SSD: 9 secs the pi is slower, but not 10 times slower. However it does cost a 10th of the price and consumes a 10th of the electric= ity. i use the order of magnitude test as that is (in my experience) what you nee= d to make a really noticeable difference (to stuff in general). i use one daily as a plan9 terminal, for which i feel its ideal. -Steve