Mike wrote:
> Well isn't that strange.... after my aot-get of 2.4.27 and associated packages  
> this old box seems to be running quicker
> a comparison o top reveals:
> 
> yesterday
> top - 18:03:30 up  1:00,  3 users,  load average: 0.07, 0.41, 0.55
> Tasks: 100 total,   1 running,  99 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 23.9% us,  7.5% sy,  0.0% ni, 63.3% id,  0.6% wa,  4.4% hi,  0.3% si
> Mem:    385264k total,   292352k used,    92912k free,    14428k buffers
> Swap:  1025000k total,        0k used,  1025000k free,   159768k cached
> 
> today
> top - 15:36:45 up 36 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.62, 0.99, 1.09
> Tasks: 108 total,   2 running, 106 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
> Cpu(s): 28.5% us,  5.3% sy,  0.0% ni, 63.3% id,  1.8% wa,  0.8% hi,  0.2% si
> Mem:    385264k total,   361744k used,    23520k free,    18412k buffers
> Swap:  1025000k total,        0k used,  1025000k free,   192316k cached
> 
> to my untrained eye it looks as if it should be running slower. I wonder why 
> not?

There is nothing in the top output above that indicates which setup is
faster or slower.  You need to run the programs you care about and see
if they run in less time or more time.

-Dale