Re: [SLE] I went from XP to SuSE, but Win was faster!!!!!!!!

From: Peter B Van Campen (peterb_at_vancampen.org)
Date: 03/16/04

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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:34:41 -0600

    On Monday 15 March 2004 06:25 pm, Scott Wrobel wrote:
    > I bet this subject will turn some heads ;)
    >
    > I had Win XP home installed on my comp previously with the exact same
    > hardware config (actually when i had windows on the comp it had 128 LESS
    > RAM than it does now, as well as more periferals, namely a joystick and a
    > printer) I hate to say it, but XP was running faster and better then my
    > current Linux installation. I WANT TO PROVE TO MYSELF THAT LINUX IS BETTER
    > THAN WIN XP BUT IT IS HARD TO DO WHEN XP WAS RUNNING FASTER IN ALL
    > DEPARTMENTS THEN LINUX evan though the harware config IS IN FAVER OF LINUX.
    > i am running SuSE 8.2 pro on a comp w/ a 500 MHz intel celeron and ~500 MB
    > RAM. It is going to be a server but KDE runs kind of slow while i am
    > working on it. Any tips on how i can get it running faster. Things like
    > unnessisary functions that are automatically started upon startup that i
    > can disable, fancy things like animated menues that can be disabled, or
    > just miner tweeks that i can apply to sqeeze a little more speed out of my
    > proccesor.
    >
    > Scott.

    Dear Scott,

    Welcome to the list. You should know that the majority of the folks here
    migrated from M$ to Linux; some a long time ago, some recently.

    Try to pose a clear question for us to assist you. We are users like you and
    we can offer alot of help to nuubies because most of us have probably seen
    the same probs you have and will run into. Ask as many questions as you
    like, but ask only one per email. That helps you to keep track of the
    replies.

    I have a Pentium III 1.266GHz Dual Processor PC running SUSE 8.2 kernel 2.4.x
    w/ 512MB RAM (PC133) and a pure IDE-ATA disk sub-sys and it is turning out
    SETI (Search for ET Intelligence) units at the rate of 5 or 6 per 24 hr day.
    I run four SETI clients (yes that is 2 per CPU) at all times. Right next to
    that PC is my M$ XP sys running on a single Athlon XP2600, 512MB RAM (DDR
    PC2700) on a pure IDE-ATA disk sub-sys and no matter what I do it can only
    turn out 2 SETI units per day and that is with only 1 client going at any one
    time because it boggs down too much if I try 2 clients.

    So XP doing work on a P4 equlivent running at 2.6GHz cannot even make it to
    1/2 of what a Linux (SUSE 8.2 running the 'poor performance' 2.4.x kernel)
    can do on one P-III 1.266 GHz. Think about those numbers; when you see
    articles that benchmark sys performance and show 10 or 20 % difference
    between different HW they proclaim it as a "Big Boost" worth buying into. But
    they don't tell much about the Operating Sys and how it affects the ability
    to do work.

    Good Luck,

    PeterB 

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