On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 12:06, Randy Kramer wrote: > Just to weigh in on the other side, I don't -- I get worse performance > under Linux, and that's been consistent across quite a few installations > by now. > > Some will say (have said) that I am not comparing apples to apples -- my > comparison is to Windows 95 running things like IE5, Netscape (as mail > client), Word and Excel97, and similar, on machines with 250 to 300 MHz. > processors and 64 MB of memory, versus KDE 2.2, konqueror, kmail, etc. > (Mandrake 7.2 and 8.1). I've upgraded the memory in one machine to 256 > MB and now it is almost comparable to Windows 95 in speed, it is more > reliable, but it does fill occasionally fill up the 500 MB+ swap file > and crash.
Randy, you're not comparing apples to apples. ;) Just kidding. But you should know that you just influenced me to install 384 megs of ram in the KX7-333R Abit mobo that I'll be getting in the next two weeks. I don't run gnome or KDE, but I do have Enlightenment running with KDE support, and I've got the KDE workstation option installed here, so all the associated KDE stuff is accessible, including the session manager. I like the KDE session manager better than anything else I've seen; but this is digression. The point I'm wanting to bring up is that this system is much faster and more responsive under this OS and WM than 98. > I'm not looking to discuss this at this point -- I've raised it on > several mailing lists at various times with no great satisfaction. I > only want to make it clear that there is more than one person that sees > Linux as reducing performance. Yet you don't any more, do you? Not since you upgraded your ram. :) > > (Aside: I do plan to stick with Linux for what you might call > "political" reasons -- Microsoft must have a viable competitor or we'll > (the user public) just get "scr___ed" more and more.) Microsoft doesn't need a competitor, it needs justice and a bottomless prison. > Randy Kramer LX -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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