Linux just cannot do all that with the same effeciency. It's just that simple.
No - it's not that simple.
I used to build GNU/Linux systems from scratch. I can talk to you about system efficiency.
I once built a GNU/Linux system that booted on a network w/ DHCP and into a CLI in less than 8 seconds from when the BIOS screen exited. That was on a PII 350 MHz w/ 192 Mb RAM.
MS Windows booted on the same system in over 1 minute and 30 seconds - and that's not loading an antivirus package during bootup.
Using the system was smooth and fast. Booting into GUI mode (Again, starting from exiting the BIOS init and counting logging in) took less than 15 seconds. My mp3's never skipped. I was compiling software (which, FYI, maxes out the CPU and stresses the memory), playing mp3's, browsing the web, and using AbiWord - all at once, and without any lag<nobr> <wbr></nobr>....
on hardware that is now over 4 years old!
Now, all I do is install Red Hat - turn off unneeded daemons, recompile the kernel, and run the updates and I can achieve nearly this level of speed.
Within an hour, I'm up and running - on average at least 2 or 3 times faster than Windows on the same machine.
Doesn't have the efficiency?
I don't blame you for thinking that. Out of the box, most distributions are fairly dismal. However, for an even menially experienced system optimizer - almost any of these distributions runs wonderfully.
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Posted by: fitzix on September 27, 2002 05:21 AMNo - it's not that simple.
I used to build GNU/Linux systems from scratch. I can talk to you about system efficiency.
I once built a GNU/Linux system that booted on a network w/ DHCP and into a CLI in less than 8 seconds from when the BIOS screen exited. That was on a PII 350 MHz w/ 192 Mb RAM.
MS Windows booted on the same system in over 1 minute and 30 seconds - and that's not loading an antivirus package during bootup.
Using the system was smooth and fast. Booting into GUI mode (Again, starting from exiting the BIOS init and counting logging in) took less than 15 seconds. My mp3's never skipped. I was compiling software (which, FYI, maxes out the CPU and stresses the memory), playing mp3's, browsing the web, and using AbiWord - all at once, and without any lag<nobr> <wbr></nobr>....
on hardware that is now over 4 years old!
Now, all I do is install Red Hat - turn off unneeded daemons, recompile the kernel, and run the updates and I can achieve nearly this level of speed.
Within an hour, I'm up and running - on average at least 2 or 3 times faster than Windows on the same machine.
Doesn't have the efficiency?
I don't blame you for thinking that. Out of the box, most distributions are fairly dismal. However, for an even menially experienced system optimizer - almost any of these distributions runs wonderfully.
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