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
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
image files for distros, but I have not
experienced any loss on downloads to date :)
Bambi
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From: "J Walker" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] why is this? - Swap under Windows StarOffice
