On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 19:30, Clevenger, Dave wrote: > I just recently installed Mandrake 9.1, and let me say I enjoy using > it much more than Windows XP. Honestly, I don't know why I didn't > switch sooner.
Been there, done that. Not with XP but W98. > My question. When I was running windows XP, I was getting download > speeds maxing out at around 250k. Now with Linux I regularly see > download speeds around 300-350k. How can this be? Is it just a > coincidence? No. It is intended to do this. M$ has coded its TCP-stack like bullocks with all kinds of overhead in it. TCP is native to Unix and Linux, not something bolted on at the bottom later. I experienced a similar speedboost when I was running ISDN (6K/sec turned into 8.5K/sec) and friends on modems report increased speed also. So rejoice that you turned to Linux. Paul -- Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. -Henry David Thoreau http://www.nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Ximian Evolution
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