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Thanks, but I don't trust Phoronix' methodology. Too many questions like: * Does the Beta have any debug features enabled that are absent from production build

Thanks, but I don't trust Phoronix' methodology. Too many questions like: * Does the Beta have any debug features enabled that are absent from production builds? * What build did he use -- official from Mozilla, built locally? * As noted in the comments under the "article" -- why test against Beta when the performance improvements that led to the SunSpider result are in nightly? Looks like just your usual run of the mill low effort, low quality clickbait blogspam from Phoronix on a conveniently flame-bait topic.

jklinger410 3y ago
> Looks like just your usual run of the mill low effort, low quality clickbait blogspam from Phoronix on a conveniently flame-bait topic. I think Phoronix should be banned from most communities. Use of this site is proof that 100% of the tech community uses ad-blockers. It is absolutely an abusive, over-monetized domain, with low effort content whose only purpose is to generate ad revenue.
- nh2 3y ago
  Phoronix is effectively the only performance CI for the Linux kernel. There were many regressions that were only discovered and bisected by Phoronix, including integer-factor performance regressions in fundamental components where you'd think big companies would find them immediately. But they don't, Phoronix does. Example: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kernel-Bisecting-5.9-Ongoing https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kernel-Bisecting-5.9-Ongoing https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-59-fairness https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-59-fairness I consider this type of work critical to FOSS becoming and staying good, and think it's commendable that Michael Larabel dedicates his life to it. As little as I like ads, it seems like a good way to fund this effort. There's also Phoronix Premium to remove ads (I bought this many years ago and am very happy with it).

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Thanks, but I don't trust Phoronix' methodology. Too many questions like: * Does the Beta have any debug features enabled that are absent from production build

by phoronixrly 3y ago

jklinger410 3y ago
> Looks like just your usual run of the mill low effort, low quality clickbait blogspam from Phoronix on a conveniently flame-bait topic. I think Phoronix should be banned from most communities. Use of this site is proof that 100% of the tech community uses ad-blockers. It is absolutely an abusive, over-monetized domain, with low effort content whose only purpose is to generate ad revenue.
- nh2 3y ago
  Phoronix is effectively the only performance CI for the Linux kernel. There were many regressions that were only discovered and bisected by Phoronix, including integer-factor performance regressions in fundamental components where you'd think big companies would find them immediately. But they don't, Phoronix does. Example: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kernel-Bisecting-5.9-Ongoing https://www.phoronix.com/news/Kernel-Bisecting-5.9-Ongoing https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-59-fairness https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-59-fairness I consider this type of work critical to FOSS becoming and staying good, and think it's commendable that Michael Larabel dedicates his life to it. As little as I like ads, it seems like a good way to fund this effort. There's also Phoronix Premium to remove ads (I bought this many years ago and am very happy with it).