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I found more memory was an excellent investment. Win95 on a 200MHz
with 32 meg of memory ran fine but netscape in a KDE desktop was veritually
paralyzed by swapping. I upgraded to 96 meg and now both systems
are rather comparable.
<p>One interstering performance difference I found was in downloads.
On Linux with a 33k modem I can download files
<br>3 to 4 times faster than I can on my win98 machine with a 56k modem.
The win98 machine is nearly twice the hardware as well. Obviously
there are other variables here besides the OS but I'm still pleased.
Anyone have guess at
<br>whats going on.
<p>Ben Lutgens wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>>Is there some sort of speed tuning I should do?
<br>>I am testing Linux primarily with a 133 MHz P1 with 64 mb with 20mb
of swap.
<br>>Don't tell me to get a faster box - I have one.
<br>>WIndows 98 runs OK with this hardware.
<p>X is extremely resource intensive, and this is most of your problem.
Also,
<br>your swap should be twice the size of your ram if your using 2.4.x
kernels
<br>(that's straight from Rik Van Riel himslef) due to the VM subsystem.
<p>>
<br>>I have tried several other distributions with much the same results.
<br>>I fear that the claims of Linux speed in relation to Windoze may be
just
<br>>hype.
<p>No, you just need some horsepower to see it. The multi-threaded IP stack
in
<br>the new 2.4 kernels in and of itself makes it faster on the net. But
the
<br>applications you're using are tuned to a slightly faster machine with
<br>plenty of ram.
<p>I'm surprised X runs at all on that machine. X is a beast.
<p>>Mark Browne
<br>>
<br>>----- Original Message -----
<br>>From: "Brian" <lxy@cloudnet.com>
<br>>To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
<br>>Cc: "Chrissy Showers" <jobspooh@iexposure.com>; "Jeff Gallus"
<br>><JGallus@stcloudstate.edu>; "Kevin Nagle" <kevin@utvs.com>
<br>>Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:58 AM
<br>>Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Windows Cheat Code Discovered
<br>>
<br>>
<br>>> On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Jay Kline wrote:
<br>>>
<br>>> > from <a href="http://www.segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=3b8e877a-07b50980">http://www.segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=3b8e877a-07b50980</a>
<br>>> >
<br>>> > Windows Cheat Code Discovered
<br>>>
<br>>> While sitting through hours of training on Registry hacking I wouldn't
<br>>> doubt if this sort of feature existed. Still looking for that
<br>>> WindowsRunsReallySlow key though...
<br>>>
<br>>> -Brian
<br>>>
<br>>>
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<p>--
<br>Ben Lutgens
<br>Sistina Software Inc.
<p>"In the war against terrorism, there are no rear lines. We're all on
the
<br>front lines" - William Cohen
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