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Ubuntu Performance Guides

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subratabera
subratabera Original post #1
Apr 25, 2007 at 4:09 PM
I recently did a switch of Windows to Ubuntu and then upgraded to Fiesty Fawn (7.04) earlier this week. I must say, Ubuntu rocks but has it’s drawbacks. I hate to give Windows any credit when it comes to better performance, but unfortunately out of the box, a Windows XP system for example does perform faster than a default install of Ubuntu. That does not mean Ubuntu cannot be tweaked to boost performance to surpass Windows.

We’ve compiled a list of resources that can be used to improve performance on your Ubuntu operating system.
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Subrata Bera.
praka123
Apr 25, 2007 at 4:17 PM
^ out of the box ubuntu edgy and feisty performs faster and better than winxp and vista.is my personal experiance.
thx to upstart in latest ubuntu's and Debian GNU/Linux
~Phenom~
Apr 25, 2007 at 6:08 PM
^^true for me also.
cynosure
Apr 25, 2007 at 6:19 PM
^^ This aint true on my specs :D:D
M
Apr 25, 2007 at 9:29 PM
Depends on if it is XP or XP SP2. XP is certainly faster than feisty out of the box.
vignesh
vignesh #6
Apr 25, 2007 at 9:30 PM
Any *nix based system is faster than winblows