Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 22:42:37 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Tim Ryder <jawse@yahoo.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The joys of Windows Message-ID: <20000718224237.E19428@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <20000718165600.13757.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com>; from jawse@yahoo.com on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 09:56:00AM -0700 References: <20000718165600.13757.qmail@web1304.mail.yahoo.com>
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Tim Ryder said on Jul 18, 2000 at 09:56:00: > I dont see why everyone here hates windows. I have no idea about Windows NT, but I'd hesitate to call Windows 9x an operating system at all. > linux/bsd/windows user at home and windows user at > work. When I am home i use linux because it is > interesting, not because it is better, because it > really isnt better. When I go to work I use window > because its time to get some real work done. > > All this talk about bsd and linux being better than > windows is bullshit. I have windows 2000 and when I > do anything on FreeBSD or Linux, it is always slower > then when I do it on windows and now with win 2000 > out, windows even has better memory management. If you're saying windows "felt" faster even before w2000 came out, well that may be your experience: I can't agree. Moreover, I've amazed many people by showing them how fast their old Pentium 200 with 32 MB RAM really is, simply by running linux on it rather than windows. This is despite X being a known resource hog. Windows 2000, from all accounts, will barely run at all on such a machine. On a newer machine, linux and freebsd are both so blindingly fast that "gut feeling" comparisons are just meaningless. Memory management -- I don't know: I only know from experience that opening three bulky applications at the same time is a near-guaranteed way of crashing windows, while 5-6 different users doing heavy-duty things at the same time on a fairly low end freebsd or linux machine will barely notice one anothers' presence. If you really stress it out, freebsd seems better than linux, but windows isn't even on the radar. > I like linux and freebsd, but I also know that right > now for the desktop and home use, windows 2000 is by > far the better option. Depends on what the application needs are. And that has nothing to do with memory management or other technical issues. If the needs are simple internet surfing, basic word processing, etc, linux and freebsd are fine options and miles better than windows (provided they're pre-installed and pre-configured, as windows usually is) and I've successfully convinced a few people of that. R. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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