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sevenzeros:
Hi all,

   i'm currently a lindows user.. previously using winXP pro.. i've wanted to migrate to linux for a while now.. i've tried redhat 9, suse 8.1, asplinux, collegelinux, and finally linspire(woohoo!! :D ).. i'v downloaded mandrake but haven't tried it yet, and sadly lindows is the only one i've successfully connected to the internet.. when i first started i went around asking ppl i kno and also a few ppl i met online who r using or hav used linux before.. most ppl suggested i try either redhat or suse.. easiest? most support? i forgot y...

   the thing is.. all these linux OS i've tried seem to be much slower compared to winXP.. is this normal? is this to b expected from all linux distros? or is ther somthing i did wrong? issit a hardware compatibility issue?

   i'm using Pentium 4 1.4GHz, 128Mb RDRAM, 20Gb Maxtor HDD... is ther anything else u need to know?

   well, dats all for this post.. just wanted to kno if its normal.. ;) thanks..

regards,
sevenzeros

Ricky:
Welll well..
Linux is faster than windows .. it is not my personal experience but have seen lots of reveiew and testing . But yes Linux GUI is slower than windows..  It is much resource hungary than windows also.  and wht is that .. it is my personal experience.

So if you upgrage your RAM to 256 or preferably 512 then you can really enjoy linux and will forget windows.. KDE gui is very good but Gnome gui is fast .. xpde is new but feature constraint.. other .. i have only used very less so no comments abt them .

sevenzeros:
but then, if i use winXP with 256 or 512 RAM... wouldn't it still be faster than linux using the same?  :lol:

next question.. wats KDE? wats Gnome?

dalek:
More memory will help almost any OS, except DOS maybe.  

I used Mandrake 9.1 for a while.  It is pretty slow but really easy for a newbie to setup.  I switched to Gentoo.  It is a bit harder to install and there is all the compiling but if done correctly, it is much faster and rock solid stable.

KDE is a GUI interface, kind of like the thing you have in XP.  It is the picture part of it that sits on top of the text or command line.  Yes, even XP has a command line.  Even Macs have it you just can't get to it to easily.

Gnome is just another version.  It is lighter and faster just without all the "features".  There are several Desktop Managers for Linux.  You just choose the one you want or install them all and play with them.

I can't compare the speed difference on this machine.  I don't run windoze at all.  Just Linux.  Most depends on what you are doing and what services you have running in the background.

Give Linux a try.  It is well worth it the experience.

Later

:D :D :D :D

Ricky:
Well. Ya it would be.. but then difference will be negligible..  

KDE is gui for linux, Gnome is also another . Ie.. unlike windows you can use different desktop environment on linux. It is just like having different body and fairying on same chasis so it makes you feel that you have different computer.

Let other come in and see what they say!

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