tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post8760579663427985469..comments2023-09-20T07:28:27.572-05:00Comments on Linux in Exile: Fedora 11 mini-reviewJim Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11598443864678006773noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-52083420675070049662009-10-06T13:28:42.671-05:002009-10-06T13:28:42.671-05:00I have trouble to get the ip from the wireless rou...I have trouble to get the ip from the wireless routerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-46942934064181391872009-09-03T07:54:23.430-05:002009-09-03T07:54:23.430-05:00I Love Fedora 11 to! And I am 13 years old. I just...I Love Fedora 11 to! And I am 13 years old. I just started using it less than a year ago. Now I am going to try fedora 12 (it is still beta but I wanted to see what it is like) I use fedora 11 as the main OS (and the ONLY OS) on my Laptop. Of corce we still use windows XP (Wich neads a reinstall :-o ) on our desktop computer but I use fedora more! And I LOVE That it is FREE! (Don't you?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-91407332849341348372009-06-15T17:01:55.011-05:002009-06-15T17:01:55.011-05:00evaned wrote:
(I'm not sure which fits the cas...evaned wrote:<br /><em>(I'm not sure which fits the case of a booting computer. However, my limited (one very unusual and probably unfair datapoint) experience is that booting from flash can be excruciatingly slow.)</em><br /><br />Check my new post where I compare the boot times of Windows Vista (from hard drive) and Linux (Fedora 11, from Live USB). While Vista boots faster than XP, Linux (Fedora 11) still boots faster than Windows. Mirroring the results from last time, Fedora 11 booted (and let me login, and display a web page) about a minute faster than Windows Vista.JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264061238864151815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-3334320846301310162009-06-14T18:38:12.158-05:002009-06-14T18:38:12.158-05:00Izeas GT: Flash has equal (and short) latency, but...Izeas GT: Flash has equal (and short) latency, but slower bulk transfer rates.<br /><br />What this translates to is that if what you need is co-located on disk (e.g. large unfragmented files or your file system was good/got luck about laying out related files), HDDs still whomp anything but super-expensive flash. If the drive has to seek back and forth a ton, flash will crush it.<br /><br />(I'm not sure which fits the case of a booting computer. However, my limited (one very unusual and probably unfair datapoint) experience is that booting from flash can be excruciatingly slow.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-12926772792580568622009-06-14T14:24:13.185-05:002009-06-14T14:24:13.185-05:00I thought flash memory had a shorter access time t...I thought flash memory had a shorter access time than optical disks.Izeas GThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202661007142309137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650649138973583402.post-38368840960095974542009-06-14T13:26:27.846-05:002009-06-14T13:26:27.846-05:00Yes, I plan to repeat the side-by-side test to com...Yes, I plan to repeat the <a href="http://linuxinexile.blogspot.com/2009/03/minute-faster.html" rel="nofollow">side-by-side test</a> to compare Windows and (Fedora) Linux boot times. But since I now have a Fedora Live USB, I can compare boot times <em>on the same hardware</em> as Vista. In the test I ran back in March, I compared the boot time of a newer dual-core laptop running Vista, with an older single-core laptop running Linux. This time, I can do a more direct comparison on my Windows laptop, and boot from Live USB to test Linux.<br /><br />It still won't be a one-to-one comparison, though, because USB (Linux) will be slower than the hard drive (Windows.) But at least we can remove the question of different hardware.JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264061238864151815noreply@blogger.com