600X - Linux vs. Windows XP Boot up! Which is faster!

[HarryWild]

I thought that a poll would be the most accurate way of determining the speed.

[carbon_unit]

That depends on what you mean by bootup.
Windows will get to a desktop faster but you will still have to wait while it loads all the stuff in the systray before you can use it.
Linux takes longer to get to a desktop but once you get to the desktop everything is already loaded and ready to go.

Still from the power on button until everything is finished loading, XP is faster.

[jdhurst]

There are umpteen versions of Linux (I have 3 running) and they are not all the same. Roughly, though, the newer the Linux, the slower the overall startup. I tried Gentoo once, and it was fast, but it didn't work well for me, so I moved to SuSE 9 Professional. It works well, but is pretty slow.

[HarryWild]

Yeah! Linux is slower at boot up and that is the main reason I did not explore it! It is really a nice low cost feature rich operating system however! When and if they develop it so it can load everything in a more compact manner; I will try it!

But some Linux experts say that they can get Linux to boot up faster then Windows! They need to put it in the next release and I will then try it!