Startup times compared: Mdv 2006rc1 vs. OSS 10.0rc1 vs Super 10.0rc1

There’s a short but interesting article “Is SUPER Superior?” at http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/2587 Here’s an extract Represented below are the averages of 3 time tests for each area, first open of each application. Time in Seconds ########### Mdv 2006rc1 ########## OSS 10.0rc1########## Super 10.0rc1 Boot ######## 17 ---------------------24 -------------------21.6 X&KDE ####### 21 ---------------------27.3 -----------------15.3 OpenOffice ## 6 ----------------------6.6 ------------------4.6 Firefox###### 3 ----------------------3.3 ------------------2 Shutdown #### 17.6------------------- 22.3 -----------------21