On Sun, 2003-07-20 at 11:19, Zoup wrote: > On Sunday 20 July 2003 14:46, Hooman Baradaran wrote: > > Hello, > > For some reason my Mandrake Linux loads MUCH slower than Windoz XP. I also > > have Knoppix and it takes less time to load than Mandrake even though it is > > on a CD but still it is much slower than XP.
Hi there, I let you in a secret: Microsoft does a nice trick here!!! OK, le'me explain: Booting XP "appears" much faster than other systems, because XP loads up the initial login prompt before other services. You'll notice this, as the system stays "busy" for quite a while after the login prompt is presented to the user. Most other systems however, (Linux included) start all system-wide services before they allow the user to login. But all is not lost... I think Linux may be moving toward providing the same "speed-up". I know that at least Suse uses the same technique to provide a much faster boot time (from the user's perspective). cheers, Hossein _______________________________________________ bna-linuxiran mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran
