[GLLUG] Interesting fact about Debian Vs. Ubuntu

[Michael Watters]

Adam McDougall wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 10:58:34AM -0500, eduardo cesconetto wrote:
>
>   I been playing around with a Pentium II 300Mhz laptop w/ 96MB of RAM,  
>   I tried the following distros(in order I tried them):
>   
>   -Ubuntu 6.10.1 (Installation took 2 hours, System very very slugish)
>   -Kubuntu 6.10.1(Installation took 1 1/2 hours, System very slugish)
>   -Xubuntu 6.10.1(Installation took 1 hour, System very slugish)
>   -Ubuntu 6.10.1Alternative Install. CD (Installation took 2 hours,  
>   System very very slugish)
>   -DSL 3.1 (Installation took 20mins, System somewhat fast)
>   -Puppy Linux (Installation took 20mins, System fast, but very poor/ 
>   buggy package management tool)
>   -DesktopBSD (Installation took 30mins, System somewhat fast)
>   
>   After all of this tries and some poking the net, I decided to give  
>   Debian 3.1 a try, and here is the result: but-kicking fast old  
>   laptop, rock solid OS, very fast boot, perfect package management and  
>   total hardware support.
>   
>   I'd like to hear some opinions on this, since most of the time I hear  
>   (and do) users recommending Ubuntu/K/X even for older hardware.
>   
>   []'s
>   Eduardo
>   
Try NetBSD, it runs faster than most OSes I've used.