[KLUG Members] Is Linux faster than Windows?

[Jim C]

> speed? and why?  Now that PTC has developed pro-e to run on Linux I would

The answer can only be "It depends."
It depends on how many daemons you have loaded.
It depends on how streamlined your kernel is.
It depends on how well you have it configured.
etc...

I suppose that the real difference then is that a sharp person can actually 
do something about it in Linux where as Windoz will always assume it knows 
better than you do.  As far as I know, Windoz kernels cannot be strippped 
or streamlined, for example.

The price issue also comes into play.  For the price of the time nescesary 
to configure it (and perhaps the time to *learn how* to configure it), one 
can create a paralell processing cluster with Linux.  Windows is much 
easier to configure but It'll cost ya.

What it boils down to is "Does the OS in question posess comparatively more 
or less of the features I, as a user or sysadmin, value the most."


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Jim C.