Thank you for your notice, I want to add some comments: 1- My Linux setup and boot are on default settings (In fact, I am not so foolish to add unused services to the boot progress!) 2- In Windows OSs, I've installed a few programs and updates, but I accept that its boot time becomes slow and slower when you install more programs, though, the worsts are those who add startup items. 3- In both Linuces, I've installed nVIDIA binary driver (61.06) that works well, better than Windows drivers; But this driver only affects 3d games, no considerable difference in other programs. 4- When I speak about the applications, I mean the time for invoke them, not the time for doing special tasks inside. 5- I became tired in trying install Gnome 2.6 on both SuSE 9.1 and RedHat 9.0; Generally, installed RPM packages prevent the detection of newer versions installed from source code; In addition, removing the old rpm ruins the system... Gnome 2.8?! I see only 2.6 in the site! 6- My intention is not hiding the great advantages of linux systems, such as: no need for restart, being open-source and many more; I wish its desktop would be faster. 7- The file system used here is ext3. 8- How much features do you think SuSE have that is worth putting your hand under your chin for several seconds after any click? 9- Is Mandrake Linux better in performance? Bahram Alinezhad (alineziad@yahoo.com), Tehran, Iran. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com