Re: Startup time poll

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

Three different machines, four setups.


Homebuilt 2 GHz AMD with 512MB ram running Red Hat 8.0, kernel 2.4.22
Remote display

System-wide RPM install:

Initial:

time to load Glib 1.060: 0.185s
time to load Gtk2 1.060: 0.835s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.279s
total startup time:      1.299s
   Glib built for 2.0.6, running with 2.0.6
   Gtk2 built for 2.0.6, running with 2.0.6

Typical:

time to load Glib 1.060: 0.012s
time to load Gtk2 1.060: 0.031s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.068s
total startup time:      0.110s
   Glib built for 2.0.6, running with 2.0.6
   Gtk2 built for 2.0.6, running with 2.0.6




Dell PowerEdge SC400, 2.8 GHz Hyperthreaded P4 with 1G ram, running
Fedora Core 2, kernel 2.6.8
Remote display

System-wide RPM install:

Initial:

time to load Glib 1.060: 0.085s
time to load Gtk2 1.060: 0.185s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.216s
total startup time:      0.485s
   Glib built for 2.4.0, running with 2.4.0
   Gtk2 built for 2.4.0, running with 2.4.7

Typical:

time to load Glib 1.060: 0.011s
time to load Gtk2 1.060: 0.034s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.213s
total startup time:      0.258s
   Glib built for 2.4.0, running with 2.4.0
   Gtk2 built for 2.4.0, running with 2.4.7


Development sandbox:

Initial:

time to load Glib 1.072: 0.073s
time to load Gtk2 1.072: 0.210s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.112s
total startup time:      0.395s
   Glib built for 2.6.2, running with 2.6.2
   Gtk2 built for 2.6.2, running with 2.6.2

Typical:

time to load Glib 1.072: 0.011s
time to load Gtk2 1.072: 0.037s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.329s
total startup time:      0.377s
   Glib built for 2.6.2, running with 2.6.2
   Gtk2 built for 2.6.2, running with 2.6.2




17" Powerbook, 1GHz PowerPC G4 with 512MB ram, running Mac OS X 10.3.7.
Local display.

Development sandbox:

Initial:

time to load Glib 1.072: 0.237s
time to load Gtk2 1.072: 1.210s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.173s
total startup time:      1.619s
   Glib built for 2.2.3, running with 2.2.3
   Gtk2 built for 2.2.4, running with 2.2.4

Typical:

time to load Glib 1.072: 0.028s
time to load Gtk2 1.072: 0.759s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.044s
total startup time:      0.831s
   Glib built for 2.2.3, running with 2.2.3
   Gtk2 built for 2.2.4, running with 2.2.4





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