Don't you think it sounds quite ridiculous? How did this guy measure speed of WinXP vs. Linux? With the choronometer - (ready, set, go! on bootup), series of perfomance tests, or just subjectively to his own feelings and the mood of the moment? Do you really care which system boots faster? Linux can run for years without rebooting, WinXP as well as its previous versions has a recommended time period for so called "maintenance" reboots. I did explain that for big applications, Windows tends to put things into the system tray to keep part of the app in virtual memory where Linux generally does not do that. I mentioned Mozilla and OO.o because
On Wed, 14 May 2003 08:51:17 -0700
Alex Daniloff