Faster Os online? Linux/Win/Mac?

[Clinotus]

I run Linux 7.0 (Redhat) and Windows Me on the same pc via dual boot and two separate hd's (partioning???? :confused ; My Broadband is Dsl via a 3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 and a Linksys LNE100TX.

I notice that when I am running Linux my system flies online, in Windows it glides. I think the Linux connection is the faster of the two...but this could just be my tweaks.

Any other Dualies out there notice any difference?

 

[Clinotus]

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[Priit]

Linux has far more mature network implemention than Win9X/ME, don't know about Mac.

 

[random]

I agree with Priit. Linux's networking stack is based off of *BSD's. The Mac and Windows are DEFINITELY lower than that.

(example. standard ftp from my linux box to friend on the same 10BaseT network with Mac OS9, and Mac OSX (Darwin kernel, based off of *BSD). Mac:
Mac fluctuated, averaging between about 200-400k/s
OSX was was a fairly constant 700-800k.

This is REAL bandwidth, it counts in the overhead for the TCP/FTP transfers.


I forget exactly how fast... errr. slow his windows box was.

 

[CQuinn]

Linux (the 2.2.x kernel) is considered to have a better TCP/IP stack than most
Windows9x/ME installs, but you can tweak Windows to get close to the same
performance - and the perfomance may vary depending on the application you
are using over the network.

Windows 2000 was considered to have a better stack than Linux, because they
borrowed/licensed more ideas from BSD. The new Linux kernel (2.4) has a
rewritten stack, so a few months of use should tell us if it is any better.

The Mac OS is considered to have the most outdated stack, but the new
Mac OS-X will incorporate a new TCP/IP model from its basis in
(wait for it) BSD Unix.

 

[Clinotus]

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