Re: Why is linux slower than Windows (Firefox)?

Justice wrote:
Bit Twister wrote:
On 26 Nov 2006 12:34:37 -0800, pureheart@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
My brother is a Windows guy and does tech support. I push Linux on him
and he tries out lots of distros (which is more than I do).
I can't answer his latest question, though. Here's what he emailed me.

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Other thing that bothers me is the speed...
If I open a website on the same laptop in Windows using Firefox, it
opens
in 1-2 seconds.
On the Linux side, same laptop with half a gig of memory, Mobile P4
processor, and fast 54000 rpm HD, etc, it takes 4-5 seconds to open the
same webpage even when they are cached or in bookmarks.


Perhaps Linux is just not as well optimized??
I would say linux is more optimized.


Does anyone have an answer for him (and me)?
Guessing /etc/resolv.conf does not contain the same DNS values as
the windows box and/or ipv6 is not disabled.

With 300+ linux distributions, you might want to read
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

What distro is he using?, what plugins is he using for firefox on both
OS's are they the same? Are they the same version? I have a laptop
dual boot. and most if not all things are faster in linux. although
SUSE seemed a little slow but that could be due to bloatware. Also on
my workstation also dual boot, Linux is definatly faster, as I have it
clocked 180Mhz faster and stable than my windows likes, at this speed
windows just reboots untill I bring the clock back down.

It may be simply down to the graphics driver.

Maybe the Linux one has not got full acceleration, and is using CPU power to render the graphics..


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