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Linux speed questions?
Maccabee
post Jan 16 2009, 11:19 PM
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So there are a few categories for linux distros. The smallest ones are DSL and puppy linux and the most popular are probably debian and ubuntu.
But what are the fastest distros? Are smaller ones faster? So is puppy linux and dsl probably also the fastest as well as the smallest?
And I noticed you can run ubuntu on a computer without installing it but can you do that with puppy linux, dsl and debian? Cause i want to try them to see if i like them but not install them. Also does anyone know if you can do that with windows 7? Cause i downloaded the beta but I dont want to install it over linux if I dont like it.
 
 
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post Jan 16 2009, 11:24 PM
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DSL and Slackware tend to run the fastest.

And you can usually do that with any OS, but it gets tedious with some. Some operating systems take hours to boot from a cd, and I imagine something as bloated as Windows 7 would take a while to start up.

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Also: Yggdrasil will fly on any machine under 15 years old. But good luck finding a download, there hasn't been a new release since '95.
 

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