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Re: New user / CD installation problems
- From: Tim Prince <timothyprince at sbcglobal dot net>
- To: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin at yahoo dot com>, Michael Talbot-Wilson <mtw at birdseye dot view dot net dot au>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 07:20:25 -0800
- Subject: Re: New user / CD installation problems
- References: <20030312145250.89560.qmail@web20009.mail.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: tprince at computer dot org
On Wednesday 12 March 2003 06:52, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> --- Michael Talbot-Wilson <mtw at birdseye dot view dot net dot au> wrote:
>
> > You solved just about all my problems. The speed problem, that
> > everything takes 10 or more times as long as on Linux, I assume is
> > normal...
>
> Well, yes and no. On cygwin, gcc, for example, definitely runs slower than
> gcc on linux on the same hardware.
Maybe slower when accessing files. A major cause of slowness, where cygwin
binutils did not support data or code alignment, was fixed recently. I
compare gcc performance on Windows and linux frequently. Don't judge cygwin
by an old version.
>But there are some common sources of
> extra slowness such as antivirus scanners, accessing network drives, etc.
> Also if you're like me and have a Athlon XP2400+ linux box and a Pentium
> 233MMX laptop, the speed difference is... noticeable.
>
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Tim Prince
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