Well, it looks like you are only basing your speed test on how fast each system opens a web page. Konqueror and Netscapes HTML rendering engines are slow compared to IE's. I hate MS products, but I have to say that IE is a fairly good browser, and has an extremely fast rendering engine. You might try using Galeon for linux. I've heard that it's much faster than anything else you can get for linux, and works extrememly well, though I've never tried it. As for windows vs. linux in everyday tasks... It's hard to say. It all depends on what you are doing. I for one don't really see any huge performance gains by using Linux, but the amount of what I can do is staggering compared to what I can do with windows. Plus, it is much more stable (I use Win2k and XP also). Linux seems to be much better at being a server, as windows was originally designed to be a workstation, and had server functionality basically hacked into it, poorly (win2k is better, but it's still sketchy). I like linux because it's stable, completely customizable, and most of all, free. About the only thing I use Windows for is Terminal Service to admin other win2k boxes remotely, and MS Outlook because I need to us the same groupware the rest of the company uses. Otherwise, I'm at home plugging away on a bash shell or using KDE. BTW, the latest version of KDE and Koffice rock. I would actually venture to say that Konqueror is now nearly as fast at rendering as IE. Koffice is also very impressive. You may want to upgrade to Mandrake 8.1 when it's ready (before the end of Sep. supposedly). 8.0 had/has some very annoying bugs which affect it's performance, stability, and usability. Jay -----Original Message----- From: Mark Browne [mailto:markbrowne at mn.mediaone.net] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:37 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] Linux vrs Windows speed - What gives? I am still geting used to Mandrake 8.0. My concern is that with a dual boot system Windows seems faster than Linux in KDE. Example: Explorer opening a web page 3x faster compared to KDE or netscape on same system. Is there some sort of speed tuning I should do? I am testing Linux primarily with a 133 MHz P1 with 64 mb with 20mb of swap. Don't tell me to get a faster box - I have one. WIndows 98 runs OK with this hardware. I have tried several other distributions with much the same results. I fear that the claims of Linux speed in relation to Windoze may be just hype. Mark Browne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian" <lxy at cloudnet.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Cc: "Chrissy Showers" <jobspooh at iexposure.com>; "Jeff Gallus" <JGallus at stcloudstate.edu>; "Kevin Nagle" <kevin at utvs.com> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Windows Cheat Code Discovered > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Jay Kline wrote: > > > from http://www.segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=3b8e877a-07b50980 > > > > Windows Cheat Code Discovered > > While sitting through hours of training on Registry hacking I wouldn't > doubt if this sort of feature existed. Still looking for that > WindowsRunsReallySlow key though... > > -Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list