Debian Woody system
II am running a Debian woody system on an Athlon-based PC, and it runs very nicely. Hovvever; Debian x86
binaries are ali compiled for İ386 architecture and I thought it should be possible to get some worthwhile improvements compiling the likes of X and KDE for İ686 architecture (much like recompiling the kernel).
However, how do I set architecture and other optimisations, either when building from a tarball, or preferably after downloading a Debian source package?
I know there is a Debian package that is called pentium-builder but I can’t find instructions on how to set the DEBİAN BUILDARCH variable, or what options it accepts other than pentium.
I have also found references on the internet about setting CFLAGS, but again without the basic instructions telling a newbie how to do it. Can you enlighten me, or are the gains not really worth the download and compile time?
Another quick query I have is: can a USB CD-RW (HP 8200 series) be made to work under Linux?
I would appreciate any help,
Nick Baird
