Promoting Linux before release of vista

Paul Sutton zen14920-1HOZaDBbGgxaa/9Udqfwiw at public.gmane.org
Fri Feb 24 15:06:38 UTC 2006


William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:

>I think the selling point is this:
>
>With Linux, you never have to reboot in the middle of doing something
>because your computer slowed down.
>
>also...
>
>With Linux, if it ran fast last month, it runs fast now.
>  
>

I assume your talking about Windows,  I have the same problem with a 1.6 
ghz amd duron and 1ghz ram,  so it's not just me.  Linux on the other 
hand runs smoothly, fast.  I am also using kingston memory, so i guess 
again thats high quality ram.

>I use a P4 3Ghz machine with a Gb of high-quality RAM at work, and it
>does *not one thing* quickly.  I can't look at menus fast, I can't get a
>right-click fast, and if I pass the mouse over the "Recent Documents"
>submenu the whole machine locks for five seconds.  Windoze is for the
>very, very patient, and that doesn't describe many people.
>  
>


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