LINUX vs. MAC OS X? - Powerpc
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Mac OS X) in a PowerMac to tell me which one they "feel" faster, more
responsive, and more efficient with CPU/RAM/Disk....
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LINUX vs. MAC OS X?
This is NOT a holy war, I just want those who had them both (Linux and
Mac OS X) in a PowerMac to tell me which one they "feel" faster, more
responsive, and more efficient with CPU/RAM/Disk.
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Re: LINUX vs. MAC OS X?
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 15:27:27 -0500, AB PP wrote:
> This is NOT a holy war, I just want those who had them both (Linux and
> Mac OS X) in a PowerMac to tell me which one they "feel" faster, more
> responsive, and more efficient with CPU/RAM/Disk.
On my 266MHz iMac with 192MB of RAM, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 definitely feels
faster than Mac OS X 10.3. This effect is slim when I use a big desktop
environment like KDE, but much greater when I use a slimmer desktop
environment like XFce or a bare window manager like Icewm. Versions of Mac
OS X prior to 10.2 felt much slower, I believe because of poorer video
card drivers for this particular model.
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Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking
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Re: LINUX vs. MAC OS X?
Rod Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 15:27:27 -0500, AB PP wrote:
>
> > This is NOT a holy war, I just want those who had them both (Linux and
> > Mac OS X) in a PowerMac to tell me which one they "feel" faster, more
> > responsive, and more efficient with CPU/RAM/Disk.
>
> On my 266MHz iMac with 192MB of RAM, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 definitely feels
> faster than Mac OS X 10.3. This effect is slim when I use a big desktop
> environment like KDE, but much greater when I use a slimmer desktop
> environment like XFce or a bare window manager like Icewm. Versions of Mac
> OS X prior to 10.2 felt much slower, I believe because of poorer video
> card drivers for this particular model.
Incidentally, OS X also feels a lot faster when I use XFce (or some
other lighter window manager) instead of KDE or Aqua/Quartz. :-)
No, seriously, GNU/Linux feels faster and probably is faster too. But
the faster the machine the smaller is the difference. On a more current
Mac I'd always recommend OS X rather than GNU.
Pre-G3: GNU/Linux or BeOS
Gray G3: GNU/Linux
Blue and White G3: GNU/Linux or Mac OS X
G4: Mac OS X
G5: Mac OS X or GNU/Linux
64 MB RAM: BeOS
64 to 256 MB of RAM: GNU/Linux
256 MB or more RAM: Mac OS X
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Andrew J. Brehm
Fan of Woody Allen
PowerPC User
Supporter of Pepperoni Pizza
