Nitro4WD Posted January 28, 2005 CID Share Posted January 28, 2005 Hey all! I was thinking back to my time using various Linux os' last year, and remembered they allowed a higher download speed than XP Pro did at the time. I know many people put Windows down as a memory hogging sack of the proverbial, but would an OS make that much difference to internet speed? I eventually went back to Windows cause i was in the middle of exams etc, and needed an OS I was familiar with (though it was fun learning command lines-you can learn so much about how an OS works just by telling it where to install Java, lol!). I'll probably put in a Linux partition on my HDD at some point anyway, I just wanted to know if anyone had any experience with it. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted January 28, 2005 CID Share Posted January 28, 2005 No IMO the download speed will be determined by the Cap from your ISP, of course any O.S. must be set up for optimum speeds. I'm sure ya will hear from ppl that have a different opinion, but again the speed difference if any will be minimal. Good question and I hope you enjoy the site and tell your friends about TESTMY.NET.... Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro4WD Posted January 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 28, 2005 Hey Microwave! Definately will, this is the best tech site I've ever seen, and noob friendly too! Thanks for the feedback! Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted January 28, 2005 CID Share Posted January 28, 2005 I dont know much about Linux, but i know the TCP settings will need some tweaking aswell as Windows to max out broadband connections to get close to capped speed. VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro4WD Posted January 29, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 29, 2005 When I get Mandrake or similar on a partition I'll investigate (as far as my ability allows!), and post back. Could be interesting to see how it compares to Windows. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helloimtim Posted January 29, 2005 CID Share Posted January 29, 2005 Speaking from personal experience and lots of tweak attempts xp sure seems to have dsl tweaked the best. Xp by default has the best settings for dsl. Thats for me anyway. Others may vary?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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