Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:08:56 -0500 | From | Mark Borgerding <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] "smack the penguin" 2.4 vs 2.6 |
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Mark Borgerding wrote:
> Eduard Bloch wrote: > >> #include <hallo.h> >> * Chris Friesen [Fri, Jan 23 2004, 02:36:59PM]: >> >> >>> Diversion for friday afternoon...how far can you get? >>> >>> Personal best is 586 >>> >> >> >> Which means that you are playing it either on a Windows box (what a >> shame) or cheating somehow or you have a 5Ghz box or something else is >> wrong on regular Linux systems. I do not any Linux user who got >> more than 325.5 with the Linux version of the Shockwave plugin. >> >> > > Sounds like 3/4 of the programmers I've ever worked with -- if they > can't figure out how to do it, then it can't be done and anyone who > says otherwise must be lying or cheating. > > > Still, it does seem like the game is much less predictable on some > systems. I have a linux laptop that plays it quite nicely (thus the > 593.4 I reported earlier). I tried it on my desktop at home, and it > was very jerky. > > The two systems are pretty comparable. > > For anyone who cares: here's the main differences with laptop (good) > on the left and the desktop (bad) on the right: > > Mozilla: 1.5 on both, build dates 20031107 vs 20031007 > Flash Version: 6.0.79.0 vs 6.0.69.0 > CPU: Pent M 1700 vs Athlon XP 2100+ > Video: ATI Radeon M9 vs Matrox G400 <=== I think this is the problem > Kernel: 2.4.21 (debian) vs 2.6.1 > > I am going to reboot to check against the 2.4 kernel. Who knows? Maybe > there will be a pingu bug report against the 2.6 kernel series.
... doesn't seem the same.
It appears that 2.4.22 may be better suited to penguin abuse than 2.6.1.
I rebooted my desktop to 2.4.22. Within a minute, I tied my record from the laptop. ( http://www.borgerding.net/pingu_proof.png )
Still, the results are far from scientific or conclusive. I need some objective smackage. Maybe I will try a blind study with my nieces tonight. I'll reboot the machine into either 2.4.22 or 2.6.1 and record their scores.
Coming soon to a techie-site near you, "Pingumark 2004".
- Mark Borgerding
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