Re: Linux SLOWER than Windoze? [Was: Re: 3 questions]

["Bart Szyszka" <bart bgrafyx com>]

> Sometimes on older machines it might be, depending on
> what daemons are running and in general Linux makes more 
> extensive use of the hardware unlike windoze what
> skips and cuts corners, Linux uses all aspects of 
> the hardware that it is made aware of.
When I tried installing Linux on my 486 w/ 16MB RAM, RH5.2
was way way slower than Windows95 was on that computer.
Except for Netscape (which is just as slow in Windows as it
is in RH5.2), on this P233 w/ 128MB RAM, RH5.2 is faster.

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