Re: Why is linux slower than Windows (Firefox)?
- From: Mark <---@xxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:39:28 GMT
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.
The ipv6 could be a good idea.
On the linux box, start firefox, run about:config in the location
bar and find network.dns.disableIPv6 and toggle the false to true
and see if it's faster than before.
Mark
With 300+ linux distributions, you might want to read
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
.
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