Re: [NTLK] OT: Wasted CPU cycles

Jon Glass escribió:
> I thought Linux would breathe "new life" into my aging Powerbook, but
> I find myself back in Tiger because it is more responsive.
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As being pointed on a previous post, the "bloating" of the operating
systems usually comes because we programmers like to reuse code as much
as possible, to reduce coding complexity and for easy fixing of bugs. As
software sophistication grows, and more people is needed to get this
software out on a timely fashion, we try to collect the most used
routines in "libraries" and instead of concentrating on execution speed,
we concentrate on easy reading. It's a process not dissimilar to
bureaucracy: A bit of it is good, too much is bad :)

Linux is a very modular operating system, and this is shown on an
initial performance hit, specially when using "sophisticated" GUI's like
KDE or GNOME. As the number of background processes grow, so does the
resources needed to keep an eye on all those processes. I use linux
regularly (not on a mac) and I prefer this performance tradeoff for the
sake of stability and, of course, because it's a lot lot cheaper! In my
experience, though, for most people around (you know, the ones who don't
want/need to know the inners of it's machine and/or want to spend 3
hours a week maintaining the OS) windows and mac are much better
options. Linux is a dominating force in the server market because
without the X11/Xorg system to slow it down, Linux servers are actually
faster and more secure than comercial alternatives, but in the desktop
market it is and will still be a niche because the entry level is too high.

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Received on Mon Mar 3 06:31:45 2008