*** Reply to message from David Robertson <derobertson@runbox.com> on Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:42:17 +0300 One more candle and a trip around the Sun***
I don't run Windows at all now, but on any machine I've had both XP and Linux installed, Linux is slower to boot to a full runlevel 5.
I supose one could check to see what is being loaded, and is it something you actually use? For instance , I don't have apache load or run on my test box, because it doesn't need it for anything.. Someone mentioned several things which start on boot up that he only uses rarely. Perhaps one could stop those items from starting automagically and start them only when you need them. That has to speed stuff up. Besides, it is always better to not have a service running if you don't use it then to risk having something creep up on you because you don't use a service or program , so you don't pay attention to those security warnings and don't bother to patch em up. Turn the stuff off. And Xfce is a really nice tiny desktop, and one of the favoured ones by the folks who put linux on a cf card or sd card, or pen drive or floppy .... Those little gems boot farely quickly , too. <G> I think I am correct ; that you can start most services manually if you need them rarely. -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit