The reason why konqi starts slower than ie may be related with the fact that
linux writes the time you last access a file. I don't think windows does
that. This may be why it takes longer. Seeing that harddisk is so increddible
fast:) (but you can set this to off)
On Monday 16 April 2001 09:43, you wrote:
> Civileme,
>
> I will take you up on this offer, and write to you again in a few days.
> First I will add the FastVram option to my XConfig file, check my hard
> drive parameters (and specifications) on both machines, and make a list
> of the daemons running on both machines, and gather the other data you
> requested. (And I must finish some other work first.)
>
> Thank you,
> Randy Kramer
>
> Civileme wrote:
> > Well, the price of the snappy response is that the code for IE is part of
> > the op system. Even if you decide you want to use another browser, you
> > still have the IE code sitting there. There was a utility issued
> > independently that turned off the IE code and then Netsxape on Windows
> > appeared pretty fleet while beforehand it CHUGGED along.
>
> Interesting!
>
> > The price you pay is security. Even with the current IE, I can construct
> > a website that destroys your computer's data in a single step if you open
> > it with IE.
> >
> > Still, even though there is overhead for the walls between the programs
> > and the op system, which are necessary for your protection, your linux
> > machine should be running faster. I would suggest you check the daemons
> > you have activated.
>
> Will advise.
>
> > So, what does
> >
> > hdparm -t /dev/hda
> >
> > say? Run it three times, and run it without any caching programs active
> > (like netscape or squid or konqueror).
>
> On the Linux box it says 8.59, 8.57, and 8.70 MBytes / sec.
>
> > Also, do windows and linux run off the same disk? Is it a disk that can
> > use DMA or udma?
>
> I'll let you know later. (Well they are not the same disk, it might be
> the same model -- I will check.)
>
> Do you have a VIA chipset, because the kernel is deliberately
>
> > disabled of several fast disk features to avoid a hardware bug that is
> > corrupting some windows installations.
>
> No, not a VIA chipset -- both motherboards are PC100 using SiS chipset.
>
> > In other words, compare apples to apples. I will assist if you want to
> > test, but right now your test may not be a fair assessment. many of the
> > things you speak of are disk-speed dependent.
>
> I will be back in touch when I have more information.
>
> Thanks,
> Randy Kramer
