[mdlug] Linux is "greener"

[Rich Clark <rrclark@rrclark.net>]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Ingles, Raymond wrote:

>  Well, it certainly *can* be faster, and usually is. But recent distros 
> of Linux can be pretty darn memory-hungry. The latest Ubuntu is a bit 
> sluggish on our "new-to-us" laptop with 384MB of RAM. I'm working on 
> ways to trim the fat off; I might look at Xubuntu.

Even Windows would be sluggish with only 384MB RAM. You might want to get 
a stick of RAM for that machine since it's pretty cheap for a GB.

>  That being said, Linux's 'sweet spot' seems to be around 512MB of RAM. For
> XP, it seems to need about double that, 1GB.
>
>  Of course, I recall when Linux with 16MB RAM was faster than Windows with
> 32MB... :->

I fear that Linux will be faster on anything when compared to running 
Windows.  Windows == bloatware.