Is Linux really faster than MS Windows ?
Tomas Larsson
ktl at bornet.net
Sat Mar 5 19:48:08 UTC 2005
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> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rob Miracle
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 8:31 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: Is Linux really faster than MS Windows ?
>
>
> Michael A. Peters wrote:
> >
> > Windows cheats in some respect - allowing you to login before it is
> > really done.
> >
> > For example - after loging in Windows, I have to wait before I can
> > dial
> > my PPPoE - and I have to wait before iTunes will start - etc.
>
> Michael brings up a good point. On my WinXP Laptop, where I have a
> wireless 802.11G card, it doesn't pump the card until after
> the login.
> It doesn't attempt to mount network drives until after you login. A
> good portion of the startup is unique per user, it doesn't
> happen until
> after login.
>
> Unix is going to mount its network drives, pump the network cards and
> such before you ever get the "login: " prompt. All the more
> reason you
> can't really compare to two operating systems.
>
> Rob
>
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Completely wrong.
Networking in XP is loaded at boot time, however you have to wait until the
boot is completed i.e. disk-access has finished.
The proof is that you without any problems can access shared resources,
remote desktop etc directly after a boot, and without any users login in.
Regarding stability, My XP-Boxes is on 24/7, I hardly reboot, usually only
when some badly written app. Missbehaves. This happens with my RH-boxes as
well.
I personally think that XP is more or less solid as a rock.
With best regards
Tomas Larsson
Sweden
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