In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Linonut
<linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:21:18 -0400
<rpuPj.52543$rC6.37415@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Linux Eee PC Far Faster Than Windows Version
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Startup
>>| Linux: 30 seconds - Windows: 54 seconds
>>| Launching Firefox
>>| Linux: 4 seconds - Windows: 16 seconds
>>| Shutdown
>>| Linux: 6 seconds - Windows: 68 seconds
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/04/21/linux-eee-pc-far-faster-than-windows-version/
>
> You call that "News"? <grin>
>
Microsoft is working hard to get XP on the Eee sometime late this year.
We'll see how it pans out.
It is possible that the tested version of XP is a "debug
edition", which needs to be stripped.
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