lawson-
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"no unlawful lurking by lawson permitted" :)
..rudes..
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Richard Adams wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 03 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> > > Hi to all:
> > >
> > > When I compare the speed of Linux
> > > (e.g. loading netscape, using star Office)
> > > to my M$ win98, Linux is slower.
> >
> > Yes it will be slower loading, but the performance will be higher.
> > Linux is a "real multitasker" and has to keep things going while it
> loads other
> > programs, ie srvice interupts properly, something windows cant do.
> >
> > >
> > > This does not match what I'd expect from reading
> > > most Linux propaganda... ;)
> >
> > At a first look you will get that impression, however, load up as many
> programs
> > as you like in linux, they are all useable at the same time, something
> else
> > widows is not good at.
> >
> > >
> > > I have a p-200 with 32 MB ram, red-hat 6.1, gnome desktop
> > >
> > > Is my system under-equipped, or should I go looking for
> > > the problem elsewhere?
> >
> > Memory is a point of disscussion, i used to have just 16 meg, when i
> placed
> > 64 meg in, (price was cheaper then than now, i got the supprise of my
> life.
> >
> > >
> > > Where/how in the world would I begin to look ?
> >
> > You could check and make sure you are not running deamons you dont
> need, most
> > instalations set evrything upi to be run at boottime unless you tell
> the
> > installation procedure not to.
> >
> > Normaly a windows machine does not have anything running when you start
> your
> > computer, it just sits there waiting for you to load a program, linux
> on the
> > other hand has then running and waiting.
> >
> > I am quite sure Lawson Witney will reply to your mail and possably Ray
> > will as well, they can explane things far beter than i, i tend to get
> my words
> > mixed up when explaning technical things.
>
> Why me? :-) I've never been closer to win9x than wine -winver win95,
> which is a whole different animal, and one I rather like. I think you
> make a good point, Richard, that linux concerns itself with making a
> computer do useful work and cares not at all about selling hardware.
>
> Marc Mutz gives a pretty good explanation on demand-paging and OOP that
> accounts for some apparent delays in starting up giant applications, and
> if you get down to comparing apples with apples as Cristain does, you
> may find linux isn't so slow after all.
>
> I'll just lurk and enjoy the fireworks on this one, I think.
>
> Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
> This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
> >
> > >
> > > thanks!
> >
> > --
> > Regards Richard
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
> >
>
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