Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-09 Thread Dave Kufta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 June 2002 09:21 pm, Femme wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 16:36:04 +0200 (CEST) > > Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Dan W. Dooley wrote: > > > > > I have been using Fluxbox for the last 5 months now or so,

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-09 Thread Joan Tur
Es Dissabte 08 Juny 2002 18:49, en shane va escriure: > seriously, to windows, cpu rules. to linux it is RAM. That's right. My laptop's battery life is always longer with linux than any windows -98, 2000, XP-... -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Balears AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosi

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-09 Thread Joan Tur
Es Dissabte 08 Juny 2002 16:09, en Jon Doe va escriure: > On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 08:39:28 -0500 > > "Dan W. Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like the full featured aspect of KDE and though I haven't examined > > Gnome that closely, it looks interesting. I would not want to go to > > something

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-09 Thread Dan W. Dooley
-- From: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs > Randy Kramer wrote: > > > > >>The other machine I had tried it on some months ago is a much faster on

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Michael Biddulph
On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:08 pm, Dave Kufta wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Saturday 08 June 2002 09:21 pm, Femme wrote: > > On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 16:36:04 +0200 (CEST) > > > > Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Dan W. Dooley wrote: > > > >

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 do i hear an "amen brother?" :) On Saturday 08 June 2002 07:05 pm, Lee did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > I can testify...That's has always been my problem! > > Lee > > error between seat and keyboard during each and every linux inst

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Lee
I can testify...That's has always been my problem! Lee On Saturday 08 June 2002 03:37 pm, you wrote: > On Saturday 08 June 2002 08:19 am, you 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 V

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread et
On Saturday 08 June 2002 08:19 am, you 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

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Dan W. Dooley
//www.qsl.net/wb9tka May Goddes love blest ye alle - Original Message - From: "Bill Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs > If you said Windoze98, I could un

RE: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Franki
ut mdk8.2 runs pretty good with 128-196mb.. and it can run a GUI and still be 5 or 6 different types of server. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2002 2:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 07:19:13 -0500, "Dan W. Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ma

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Bill Davidson
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 07:19:13 -0500 "Dan W. Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ma

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Dennis Myers
OS are very high. > > Sorry for the rant, folks but this has been a sore point for me for a long > time. > > > Dan W. Dooley WB5TKA Bedford, Texas >e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web address: http://www.qsl.net/wb9tka > May Goddes love blest ye alle > > > -

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 June 2002 3:36 pm, Ralph Slooten wrote: > There you have it... Gnome or KDE. To be honest I haven't had any > experience with KDE the last year or so, but I do know that Gnome is > really becomming dissapointing in terms of speed. I fi

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 June 2002 07:36 am, Ralph Slooten did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > Sorry if I offend anyone, this is not ment to raise anyone's hair, but > Nautilus is more usefull as an egg-timer.. damn it's so slow. Yes it > looks good,

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 June 2002 08:54 am, robin did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > I'd be interested to see > performance compared between XP and Mandrake 8.2/KDE, with both boxes > running the same kinds of services with the same level of securi

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread shane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 June 2002 06:39 am, Dan W. Dooley did speak unto the huddled masses, saying: > I understand. It is disappointing, and to me (my humble opinion) > counters the claims of Linux being a good choice on more modest hardware. > At least t

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Randy Kramer
robin wrote: > Randy Kramer wrote: Just for the record, I didn't write what you attributed to me. I think Dan W. Dooley wrote it, but I'm not absolutely sure. > So is it a case of comparing apples and pears (i.e. recent versions of > KDE with old versions of Windows)? Perhaps. I've made t

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread robin
Randy Kramer wrote: > >>The other machine I had tried it on some months ago is a much faster one and >>at the time had 256 meg. of RAM and a much bigger harddrive partition on >>which I was dual booting between Linux and Win 2000Pro. >> >>I like the full featured aspect of KDE and though I haven'

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Randy Kramer
Jon Doe wrote: > I'm with you, I know what its like not liking MS. But the point I'm > trying to make is, > 1. If you don't like the speed of linux use something else. Or change Linux. > This is not a personal attack, so please don't take it that way. > I just get tired of hearing people bashing

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Jon Doe
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 10:13:05 -0500 "Dan W. Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something doesn't have to be "just like" something else to work the > same way. What I mean by "work the same way" is, to be an environment > within which I can run the applications I need to run to fulfill my > reaso

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Dan W. Dooley
D] Web address: http://www.qsl.net/wb9tka May Goddes love blest ye alle - Original Message - From: "Jon Doe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs > I am sure I'

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, 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? There you have it... Gnome or KDE. To be honest I haven't had any experience with KDE the last year or so, but I do know that Gnome is re

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Randy Kramer
Dan W. Dooley wrote: > I understand. It is disappointing, and to me (my humble opinion) counters > the claims of Linux being a good choice on more modest hardware. At least > that was always the impression I had. Yeah, I feel the same way -- as a nondiscriminating listener, I heard Linux was mo

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Jon Doe
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 08:39:28 -0500 "Dan W. Dooley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like the full featured aspect of KDE and though I haven't examined > Gnome that closely, it looks interesting. I would not want to go to > something severely stripped down. Not if I'm ever going to think in > terms

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Dan W. Dooley
MAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs > 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? &

RE: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Franki
mostly because you are not comparing them in the right light.. real linux has no GUI and doesnt' need one.. all of linux's work is on the console.. the GUI is eye candy for people that don't know or like the console.. Also, most people don't know exactly whats running on a linux machine.. there

Re: [newbie] Speed differences between OSs

2002-06-08 Thread Randy Kramer
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