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Ok so what do ya think...
voidmain:
Regarding speed. One single threaded program with the exact same code should run with nearly identical speed under most any OS using the same hardware. When an application is running with nothing much else going on it will get most of the CPU time and the OS has little to do with it at this point.
Now, some things that make Linux better: stable, secure, no viruses, no spyware, source included, many more apps available that would cost you thousands upon thousands of dollars from Microsoft, development tools included that would cost thousands of dollars from Microsoft, the operating system does not assume you are an idiot, the more you learn the more you realize that Linux is infinitely more powerful, etc.
Note that I did not say faster, however being more powerful allows you to do many daily tasks much more efficiently, saving time, which ultimately means faster but not in the way that you are thinking. Now initially the reverse will be true, you will certainly not be efficient in the learning stages.
And it *is* harder to learn than Windows but that is because there is a lot *more* to learn. But eventually you will reach that threshold where you break through and really start "getting it". That's when it starts getting fun. And the fun continues exponentially from that point on. Hell, I'm still learning and grinning after 10 years.
The threshold point for me was probably somewhere around the first month of using UNIX. But at that time it was my job and I worked at it 8-12 hours a day during that month.
And the RedHat suggestion might not be a bad idea. I can help you with most anything there. I never liked Mandrake which is just a forked version of RedHat anyway and because of that I don't use it, and can't help much with Mandrake specific issues.
[ September 06, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
lazygamer:
Interesting, so your saying Redhat is actually easier to use and learn then Mandrake?
Hmmm that's interesting, Wind0ze is a piece of shit, yet it can harness hardware performance as good as Linux in a program? But how do you explain the enhanced Linux speeds under GLquake(or Quake 2 or 3) that I've heard mentioned here? It would seemingly point to the fault of the programmer, rather then the OS.
voidmain:
Am I saying RedHat is easier to use than Mandrake? If I were referring to me then yes I most certainly say that RedHat is easier to use than Mandrake. But from a n00bs point of view there shouldn't be much difference.
The Quake speeds really aren't that much different between Windows and Linux, yes I get better framerates under Linux but it certainly isn't noticeable unless you are looking at your frame rate counter. There *will* be differences in speed for many different reasons one way or the other, but they should be miniscule compared to the differences in speed you would get with a faster processor and/or video card.
[ September 06, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]
lazygamer:
I always thought Mandrake had some things built into it that made it easier to use then the average distro...
choasforages:
the power of linux and opensource, is the -O6 flag on gcc, or if that barfs the code up -O4 flay, ifit still doesn't work -O3 and if that doesn't run, fuck it -O2, and youll only start seeing the speed when you compile the source for things
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