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Re: [SLE] 9.2 is really slow
- From: Don Parris <webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:02:39 -0500
- Message-id: <200411111402.39554.webdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thursday 11 November 2004 10:42, David Robertson wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:20 -0600, Eric Scott wrote:
> > > What I would like to see is a comparison to a Windows XP system on the
> > > same box similarly configured from start to when all the tray thingies
> > > are fully loaded.
>
> I think most of the comparisons that have been done show there isn't
> usually much in it. XP boots pretty quickly, despite enabling absolutely
> everything along the way. 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.
>
> However, I don't mind waiting a few seconds longer for a more flexible
> and secure system!
>
But my old P-II/350 MHz box running SuSE 8.0 Pro was only 10 secs slower than
the 1.8 GHz Pentium box @ work. To be fair, the latter had to connect to a
large network, but I tested the boot time at night when no users were on the
system. I didn't make any changes in the services I'm running - still
Apache, MySQL. O.k., I have added the kernel-based nfs server, which is what
Yast gives you.
I suspect my P-II w/SUSE 8.0 w/192 MB RAM (if it were still running) would
keep pace with this AMD 1.3 GHz box w/256 MB RAM. I can almost make a pot of
coffee while this box boots. Don't ask about the mobo, as I have no idea
what brand it is. I do wish the manufacturers would take a little pride in
their work and label it. Maybe they don't want me to call them when/if it
fries. :)
I'm not a speed freak, so it doesn't necessarily bother me much anyway.
Still, it would be nice to brag that this box can keep up with the 3 GHz box
that we now have @ work w/WinXP. As for Windoze booting quickly, I've always
thought it was slow. But, hey, if you make a processor fast enough, even
WinXP runs at a decent pace. Naturally, MS' latest release of Office is
another effort on their part to drive CPU speed advances. ;)
Understand, I love SUSE. I just thought I would get more speed out of it.
Guess I'll have to learn to compile a custom kernel.
--
DC Parris GNU Evangelist
http://matheteuo.org/
http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/
"Free software is like God's love - you can share it with
anyone anytime anywhere!"
> On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 09:20 -0600, Eric Scott wrote:
> > > What I would like to see is a comparison to a Windows XP system on the
> > > same box similarly configured from start to when all the tray thingies
> > > are fully loaded.
>
> I think most of the comparisons that have been done show there isn't
> usually much in it. XP boots pretty quickly, despite enabling absolutely
> everything along the way. 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.
>
> However, I don't mind waiting a few seconds longer for a more flexible
> and secure system!
>
But my old P-II/350 MHz box running SuSE 8.0 Pro was only 10 secs slower than
the 1.8 GHz Pentium box @ work. To be fair, the latter had to connect to a
large network, but I tested the boot time at night when no users were on the
system. I didn't make any changes in the services I'm running - still
Apache, MySQL. O.k., I have added the kernel-based nfs server, which is what
Yast gives you.
I suspect my P-II w/SUSE 8.0 w/192 MB RAM (if it were still running) would
keep pace with this AMD 1.3 GHz box w/256 MB RAM. I can almost make a pot of
coffee while this box boots. Don't ask about the mobo, as I have no idea
what brand it is. I do wish the manufacturers would take a little pride in
their work and label it. Maybe they don't want me to call them when/if it
fries. :)
I'm not a speed freak, so it doesn't necessarily bother me much anyway.
Still, it would be nice to brag that this box can keep up with the 3 GHz box
that we now have @ work w/WinXP. As for Windoze booting quickly, I've always
thought it was slow. But, hey, if you make a processor fast enough, even
WinXP runs at a decent pace. Naturally, MS' latest release of Office is
another effort on their part to drive CPU speed advances. ;)
Understand, I love SUSE. I just thought I would get more speed out of it.
Guess I'll have to learn to compile a custom kernel.
--
DC Parris GNU Evangelist
http://matheteuo.org/
http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/
"Free software is like God's love - you can share it with
anyone anytime anywhere!"
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