Eric Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >i have just switched to arch from ubuntu. arch is really fast in >booting, that used to take forever with ubuntu. however, starting things >like firefox and openoffice for the first time takes much longer in arch >than in ubuntu i noticed. I do have arch on a 5400rpm harddrive and >ubuntu lives on a 7200rpm one. Can that really make a noticable >difference to the speed?
Hi and welcome. Yes, there can be a big difference in speed between 7200 and 5400 rpm hard disks. It also depends on other parameters of your hardware like hd cache size (2MB or 8MB), ATA 100 or 133 or SATA etc. etc. If you want details just ask google - there are a lot of comparisions available for example: http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT061801032003 http://www.samsung.com/Products/HardDiskDrive/whitepapers/WhitePaper_01.htm http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/stirling/computergeek/performance.html You should do some tests using hdparm on both machines and you'll know (more or less) if this is about your hd speed: http://www.thedumbterminal.co.uk/information/hdparm.shtml For hd optimization don't forget to check out arch wiki and other webpages too: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Post_Installation_Tips http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialOptimization.html Have fun :-) -- Rafal Szczepaniak (Lanrat) _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
