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

Jim Backus wrote:

On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:34:37 UTC, pureheart@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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Perhaps Linux is just not as well optimized??


Perhaps a different optimisation. IME with OS/2, Windows multi-tasks
much slower than OS/2, but the other side is that the rapid response
of OS/2 must mean that less processor time is available for other
stuff.

Nope.
There have been measurements performed to establish how much of overhead
there is for task-switching
Linux was a *lot* faster (needing fewer processor cycles) than windows
So even *if* linux would task-switch more often, it would be able to do so
without any penalty performance wise

If Linux has been designed to be better at multi-tasking than
Windows, it may be that it is slower to complete a given task.
Although 1 - 2 seconds vs 4 - 5 seconds for Linux sounds extreme.


It has simply nothing to do with the /performance/ of linux
It has to do with the /setup/ of the network
Hint: Just selecting a different Name-Server can account for much greater
differences in network throughput
--
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat,
and wrong. -- H. L. Mencken

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