Linked by Thom "Slakje" Holwerda on Sun 27th Jul 2003 19:04 UTC
Misinterpreted. I think that is about the best word around to describe the reactions to my previous article. Whether it has been misinterpreted due to people only reading what they want to read, due to an unclear choice of words on my behalf, or other factors, I am going to try it again. I will try to explain my position, again. Now, more stable, the code has been rewritten from scratch!
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Single configuration... of a Linux system... GOOD LUCK. If you are going to tell me that, then where are the system specs, your kernel config, and your init.d scripts, what your kernel has been patched with, on and on? How am I POSSIBLY suppose to make a fair judgement if your opinion isn't factually supported. I am sorry if you want to TELL ME that windows boots faster, SHOW ME it does. 'One onethousand.... two onethousand...'
If you were to compare a Linux distribution to Windows, you would pick one that is similar to Windows is usability, installation, and what have you. Thus, a distribution with a home-configured/-patched kernel, initscripts, etc.
I believe a fair pick would be Mandrake. And it certainly isn't booting as fast as Windows XP.
In fact, though you probably won't accept it as an argument, my Gentoo installation boots a little slower than my Windows XP installation (on the same machine). The Gentoo installation has everything optimized 110%, all sorts of performance-improving patches for the kernel (and X and so on), and it's still that little tad slower... (booting, not in operation) And no, of course I don't count in Apache and MySQL...
Of course, if you have the technical ability, you can make Linux work waay faster than any Windows installation... But few people have. As someone said earlier, not everyone bothers to take the time installing a Slackware, Debian (not the worst), Gentoo, [insert average geek distribution here]. Yes, if you can't figure out how to install Slackware, read a manual... But there is so much less manual-reading needed to install Mandrake, Red Hat, or Windows. Why? Because everything doesn't have to be configured. It is done automatically. Joe Sixpack doesn't like to tell his computer which kind of computer it is, he just wants it to do what he tells it to. Nothing more, nothing less.
- Simon