Make Linux faster than windows?
I've tried many Linux distributions even light ones but windows always seems faster for me. I've gotten pretty good at making windows fast by disabling effects, services, startup programs etc. Is there similar things I can do for linux?
Is it possible that windows just has better hardware drivers or handles hardware more efficiently? |
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What is it exactly that you want your computer to do faster? Puppy runs completely in RAM and is super fast. Can't stand Windows anymore unless it is on a high spec machine with a good graphics card. Puppy runs circles around Windows and most other Linux distros as well. You mentioned trying light distros, have you tried Puppy with the "boot to RAM" option enabled? |
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The word "most" was used to allow for distros that might be faster than Puppy. I suspect any distro that is faster than Puppy gives up a lot in terms of completeness and ease of use. Feel free to prove me wrong. I'm no fanboy, if there is a better distro for my needs I'd switch in a heartbeat. |
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There isn't a categorical, "one size fits all systems" answer like the one that you seem to be looking for.
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For services and startup programs, that would depend on your distro as to how you turn them off. No, Window$ does not have better drivers, but you need to be more specific as to what device is having problems. |
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I would like to add to what 'H' stated. M$ Windows doesn't have better drivers but does have more drivers available since the partnership with vendors does lock out other OS. We (FOSS) do have the luxury with NDISwrapper but not everything is available for other devices until the device drivers are reverse engineered or completely developed by independent programmers. |
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My opinion is the same as jstephens84. If you want a tuned machine with Linux, you have to install it step by step having complete control of everything and absolutely everything that will be installed on the machine. This way you will reduce the quantity of modules and services you really load on startup and most important thing, you will be aware of which of those you really use and which you don't. The same with the desktop environment, installing it from the bases and at the moment the only two things I know to improve performance compiled for specific architecture is using emerge on "Gentoo" or using apt-build on "Debian".
That is what I think you want to to with you computer. It will be hard, it will be complicated, it will be time consuming, but, as jstephens84 said , once you get it walking, it will be unstoppable. Salutations. |
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I don't know if you're a new Linux user or not, but I'm going to assume you are newish. No offense intended if you're not. The Windows XP desktop is hardly faster than my Fedora 8 desktop. I mean, I can wait the extra second for Firefox to load on Linux for the privilege of using Linux. What about an operating system is important to you? Is it speed? Is it security? Is it extensibility? Is it functionality out of the box? Is it Windows application compatibility? Is it looks? I think those are the questions you should ask yourself, and prioritize your answers. From there, you should be able to determine which OS is better for you. If it's security, extensibility or out of the box functionality, I think Linux. If it's Windows application compatibility, then Windows wins. If it's looks, then what looks best to you? Vista's desktop, or Compiz Fusion? |
I'm just curious if you have installed the proper drivers for your video card or not.. it could affect desktop performance if you have a nice nVidia or ATi card and you are using the vesa drivers..
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I tried Gentoo but I remember it taking hours to install programs after it was already set up. I guess thats because it complies from source or whatever. Also I couldn't get my sound to work. @salasi Thanks I guess I'll have to look for my question concerning a specific distribution then. |
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