11 Nov
2004
11 Nov
'04
21:29
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!
David
In my experience with XP, the desktop isn't usable, until quite some time after it "finishes booting".