Is Linux really faster than MS Windows ?
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Mon Mar 7 09:22:52 UTC 2005
On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 23:42 -0800, Skunk Worx wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 05 March 2005 19:20, Skunk Worx wrote:
> >
> >>Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
> >>
> >>>Any comments ? Or am I missing something ?
> >>
> >>i've been working on a windows XP box, trying to figure out why it
> >>grinds the hard drive all day, on every mouse movement, while linux
> >>plugged into the same machine (same model model/size hard drive
> >>swapped in) does not.
> >
> >
> > My instant, gut reaction is that your XP box has a keylogger
> > installed, and that it logging every keypress and mouse move.
> > Get yourself a good snooper utility and see what it says about that.
> > It is un-natural, even for a windows box.
> >
>
> interesting replies (i've read all of them, only responding to one) but
> this is not my box, belongs to an elderly person, not sure why they
> should have to go through this.
>
> windows is really kind of a poor solution in general if it is so easy to
> hide keyloggers, etc. (as a casual google shows).
>
I agree, and it IS easy to do. Processes can be hidden from the task
manager so they are never seen.
> also not sure why i should have to "dig" for any swap settings, or why
> they would be wrong in the first place.
>
You should not have to dig. that was the comment made about the
difficulty with Windows. All versions less than NT/2K use dynamic swap
file by default, and as a result cause fragmentation of the swap file
after a period of time as it dynamically grows. Only those experienced
with the default and how to fix it can avoid the inevitable slowdown in
performance.
> if you people have some bone to pick with linux, or are pro-windows,
> take it off list...it's not a fedora support issue.
>
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