Dan W. Dooley wrote: > Can someone explain to me why Linux under KDE or Gnome would run so much > slower than Windows on the same machine? > > An older HP Vectra with a 200 MHz Pent.; 80 meg RAM; two harddrives; > integrated video. This machine has had Windows 2000 Server, NT Server 4, > Linux 8.2, and currently NT and 8.2 on it. The difference in operation > (speed wise) between the two MS systems (not trying to praise MS here) and > Linux is like night and day. Linux is excruciatingly slow. From the time I > click on an icon to do anything, that can be running Control Center, or any > of the installed apps off of the Linux CD until the app is up on screen is > several times longer than a comparable app (Explorer or Control Panel, for > example) under Windows. > > Oh yes, previous installs with 8.1, on this machine and 8.1 plus Red Hat on > another and much faster machine produced the same comparisons. > > Ideas?
I won't try to explain -- that would be a major minefield. I can confirm that this is not an unexpected result. I have similar experiences with Win95 and any Linux I've tried. My recommendation is get more RAM -- a lot more RAM -- a minimum of 256 MB. (My standard motherboards of many years only support 128 MB, so I've replaced a few so far -- the others mostly still run Windows for several reasons.) Another traditional recommendation is to use a lighter weight window manager than KDE or GNOME, like ICEWM, BlackBox, .... Randy Kramer
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