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Linux Isn't Just Good Ideology -- It's Better Computing
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| There's no way around it: the longer you run a Windows installation, the
| slower and less responsive it gets. On my year-old dual-boot laptop, I wait
| longer and longer for Windows to boot, and longer and longer for programs to
| do what I ask. Meanwhile, my Ubuntu Linux installation, on exactly the same
| hardware, installed almost as long ago, is as snappy as the day I set it up—
| faster, in fact, as I've tweaked it and geeked it.
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| Thus far, my Linux series has focused on ideology and money. I haven't looked
| at why Linux is actually a better computing experience. This is meant for
| beginners, not ubergeeks, so we'll start with something the average person
| can actually feel: user-end machine performance and maintenance.
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| “To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it,” the saying goes. “To mess
| up your Windows box, you just need to work on it.” Every time you install
| something in Windows, whether you know you're installing something or not,
| the program embeds itself in the guts of your system. Eventually, over time,
| these little bits build up, like the waxy yellow buildup on the kitchen floor
| that so traumatized 1950s housewives. Digital junk DNA without function clogs
| your memory and your drives, slowing down the tasks you really want to do. We
| geeks call this “cruft,” and I can't define it better that this fun piece
| does.
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http://jdeeth.blogspot.com/2008/12/software-as-subversive-activity-part-6.html
Humor: Clean up your computer
http://www.detector-pro.com/2008/12/humor-clean-up-your-computer.html
Related:
Tomcat Performance: Linux faster than Windows
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| Apache Tomcat is a very common application server in java-based solutions and
| it is able to run on every platform supported by Sun Java. But which platform
| delivers most performance and stability; Microsoft Windows or Linux.
| According to this performance study part 2, Linux significantly outperforms
| Microsoft Windows.
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http://mediakey.dk/~cc/tomcat-performance-linux-faster-than-windows/
Windows vs Linux Benchmarks with Matlab
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| Considering the hardware is identical, that difference is HUGE. And all
| because of all the screwups Microsoft have made, Vista might well be the
| biggest! (I should really test Windows XP. I would guess it's about 10-15%
| faster than Vista, but still 15% or more slower than Linux)
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http://www.antonywilliams.com/2007/12/windows-vs-linux-benchmarks-with-matlab.html
ATI: Linux vs. Windows Vista
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| Wow! We were completely blown away when our final results came in and the
| Linux 8.42.3 driver had outperformed Windows Vista with Catalyst 7.10 in
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. It wasn't just a neck-and-neck race but Linux
| was about 10 frames per second faster when running at 1280 x 1024 and 1680 x
| 1050.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=897&num=3
SL Speed Showdown: Linux Tops Windoze
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| This was not a scientific study - only a small test which confirmed what I
| thought I had "felt" already while using Second Life on my new PC.
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http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/07/sl-speed-showdo.html
[Microsoft MVP] Foray into Feisty Fawn helped me take back my MIPS
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| Long story short - World of Warcraft runs faster under Ubuntu/Wine than
| natively under Windows XP Professional.
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/plenderj/archive/2007/07/14/foray-into-feisty-fawn-helped-me-take-back-my-mips.aspx
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