Is Linux really faster than MS Windows ?

[Don Dupy]

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005, Parameshwara Bhat wrote:

>
> On my home computer and office computer, I have logged the time taken upto 
> logging in, it turns out that Ms windows(XP) is faster than Linux. On both 
> computers, dma is turned on.On my home computer, I have SUSE, Fedora and 
> Knoppix (debian) installed and on office computer, only Fedora. I have 
> measured with all the distros and while knoppix is faster of the distros, 
> still it doesn't measure upto Windows in speed. Both fedora and SUSE take 
> about one and a times longer time, evrything else remaining same.
>
> Any comments ? Or am I missing something ?
>
> Parameshwara Bhat.
>
>

Oh my, you opened up a can of worms here................
I wouldn't compare Windblows to linux here.
Like comparing a VW to a Lexus at a Lexus dealer. ;-)
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