I don't know the exact details of why linux is faster than windows, but
what I do know is is that LinuX has one of the fastest TCP/ip
connections there is.
You can speed up your windows download speed by using Download
accelerator. I use a cable modem and with DAC I get download speeds
4-5 times the regular speed. DAC opens up several connections instead of
1. But I don't see why one would like to use windows nemore except for
DivX, but that will be available under LinuX soon ;)
LarBor.
J Walker wrote:
In seg, 12 jun 2000, Fred Banana wrote:
I often have noticed that I get a continuesly higher download speed in linux
than in windows. the speed in windows averages about 3.4 kbits/seconds and
that seems as fast as we get. in linux I get an average of 5.5 kbits/seconds
with spikes around 12 or 15 kbits/second. The same dialup isp and
modem and I am using a pci modem from actiontec, (call-waiting model) and I was
wondering if anyone might have a clue as to why?
are these numbers accurate or is the software averaging the difference and
showing me what Uncle Bill and Uncle Linus want me to see?
sure SEEMS faster in linux...
heck, maybe I can get
my win-blows setup to work better to.
Same thing here. Downloads (and any Web activity, of course) are _much_ faster
under Linux than under Windows. I have no idea why, but I like it and I use
it, and I am glad someone other than myself noticed, I thought I was seeing
things. The difference is so great, I was wondering why no one would bring
this topic up...
I have no idea of how you can improve your downloads under Windows. I just do
them under Linux, even stuff for Windows, and it works for me.
The two items in Windows setup that I managed to improve, based on my Linux
experience, were:
1) Using a swap partition instead of a swap file;
Now I have 200 MB partition dedicated to Win98 swap. I configured Win's
"virtual memory settings" (or whatever the name is, can't recall) to occupy
fully this new partition (I do _not_ allow Windows to automagically run virtual
memory settings). I also forbid the "Trashcan" of this swap partition to put
stuff in there. As such, Win98 is a lot more stable than before. A friend of
mine told me that Windows 3.11 had a similar feature, a swap file of fixed
lenght, but I could not check that info.
2) Dumping M$ Office and using StarOffice.
Microsoft Office install a lot of junk in your Windows and Windows/
system directories. Not having it in my computer made it run faster.
StarOffice is a good replacement (although it does crash under Windows but not
under Linux, go figure).
Anyway, I only use Winblows for games (and Copernic, and some Quicken
transactions that do not work under Wine). For everything else I use Linux.
Cheers,
/J.
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