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Astralogic
11-04-2012, 05:02 AM
Why would you choose one over the other? Is one better on a particular OS?

I'm just trying to understand what goes into making the decision between the two.

Thanks
Astralogic
ChukChuk
11-04-2012, 06:05 AM
looking at build bot glibc is linux only, mingw is for windows. mingw gives a significant speed boost for windows (only for the CPU) over the normal builds (it can half render times). however it is unstable
Astralogic
11-04-2012, 08:58 AM
looking at build bot glibc is linux only, mingw is for windows. mingw gives a significant speed boost for windows (only for the CPU) over the normal builds (it can half render times). however it is unstable

There's definitely a glibc build for windows. I have it.

Could you link me to the information you found? I want to read up on this a little more, but google doesn't seem give me anything.

Thanks
Astralogic
Astralogic
11-04-2012, 09:03 AM
Nice! I just found this! (http://www.miikahweb.com/en/blender/builds)
ChukChuk
11-04-2012, 07:34 PM
Here the original thread on mingw
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?253030-MinGW-w64-support-added&highlight=mingw