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Hi All,
I am thinking about installing linux for the first time (thanks to XP) and was wondering what kind of peformance differance I can expect. Is there any benchmarks comparing apps under both OS ?

AMD TB 1000 - 266
256 133 ram
asus a7v133 (via apollo kt133a)
asus v7100 gf2 mx

I must admit I am alittle nervous, but it's time for a change.

Thanks,
-N-

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Linux has the advantage in server power until you get up to Big corporate servers with 8 CPU's, where the advantage lies in NT. But If you are comparing 95/98/ME against Linux, there's no question about it, LInux kicks the *hit out of those cheap OSs. LInux runs fully in the protected mode of the x86 processor, utilizing everything Athlons and Pentiums have. Windows 9x doesn't.

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What about partitioning my 30 gig drive and putting both OS on it compared to having a separate drive for Linux....any difference in speed ?

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What kind of speed are you looking for or what apps are you trying to compare? Truth is you wont notice a difference for home use.

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Good, thanks all.
I was just wondering as I read in other posts that there would be a perf. hit, but no mention of how much.....thanks again.

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I have tested with Quake3 and UT, they run virtually just as fast under linux as under Windoze (give or take 3-5FPS in ~80FPS range). Oh, and distributed.net RC-5 cracking client runs faster under linux. Overall, I think than you don't notice performance hit, if there even is any...

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Linux has the advantage in server power until you get up to Big corporate servers with 8 CPU's, where the advantage lies in NT.

I thought NT only supported upto 4 CPUs.

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I think NT can go up to 32 with Datacenter it just depends on which version you get.

Pro -2
Server - 4
Adv Server - 8
Datacenter - 32

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