[Discussion] [Linux] Ubuntu vs eCS

[David Azarewicz]

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:13:52 -0400 (EDT), Carl Gehr wrote:

>On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:00:17 -0700 (PDT), David Azarewicz wrote:
>
>>I tried Ubuntu a couple of weeks ago. I tried it out on my test system so I let 
>>it wipe the disk and install itself.  It took over 2 hours to install.  Then it took 
>>about 20 minutes to boot up.  Once booted, it ran sooo slooow that it was 
>>unusable for me.  Everything ran ok, just very slow.  I decided it wasn't 
>>useable running that slow, so I repartitioned the disk, and restored eCS back 
>>on the system.  It took about 20-30 minutes to reformat and restore my 
>>backups, and eCS boots in less than 60 seconds, and everything runs fast 
>>and snappy, just like before. 
>>
>>I wanted to try Linux particularly to try out running some things I need a 
>>newer Java for.  The stuff I need to run won't run on the Java we have for 
>>eCS. I might try Ubuntu again when I can afford to buy more expensive 
>>hardware.  My guess is that Ubuntu is much more of a resource hog than 
>>eCS.
>
>What is the hardware you are using?  I cannot imagine Ubuntu taking
>that long.  It took me less than an hour to install on a USB FLASH
>drive.  And, to add to the time, the install system was also a USB
>FLASH.  [i.e., Instead of creating a CD, the guy that downloaded the
>ISO built it on a FLASH instead of on a CD.]  Most reports on the
>Ubuntu site estimate less than a half-hour from a CD to a regular HD.
>

A generic 1Ghz 250MB system with a 40GB hard disk.  Plenty of a system for any 
OS.  I am not really interested in comments about how to add hardware to make 
Ubuntu run faster.  It was just a comparison on the two OS on exactly the same 
hardware.  I just happen to be running on that same system as I type.  I have 
multiple Firefox windows open, PMMail, PMView, PMFax, several command 
windows, Apache, a custom application, and a text editor all running on multiple 
desktops.  Fast and snappy response on them all.  eCS/OS2 is a great OS :)

David
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David Azarewicz
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