[GLLUG] Interesting fact about Debian Vs. Ubuntu
Michael Watters
michael at watters.ws
Sun Dec 17 12:02:10 EST 2006
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.
More information about the linux-user
mailing list