HI Kanenas et al, On Monday 17 December 2007 06:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> it used to be that open source software was a lean and mean fighting > machine, now the typical linucs install is about 2-3x that of an xp > partition, don't know anything about vista. and running the proggies often > brings up situations like beagle or a software update, much better than > 10.2 but still awful timewise, on dual core or even quad core cpus with > oodles of ram!!!!! d. This is really apples and oranges here. I have XP on a single XP, when I loaded it all there was only the very min desktop, nothing else. On the other hand SuSE 10.1 is on a DVD and I have 100's of programs that Windows does not even offer. JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.WartHogBulletin.de Many Enemies -- Much Honor! Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info An American in Bavaria http://www.gaubodengalerie.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]