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   From: Joe LaVigne    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Old computer - What version of Ubuntu should I use?   
   Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:51:31 +0000 (UTC)   
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   On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:42:41 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:   
      
   >    
   > I have no experience with xp on the same hardware that I've run 98se and   
   > lots of different linux distros, but my understanding of xp is that it   
   > is a bloated fatty.   
   >   
      
   I dual-boot XP and Edgy on this laptop.  2.4Ghz P4, with 512MB RAM.    
   Everything runs faster in the Edgy boot, except for loading certain   
   applications.  The difference?  Those applications load pieces at startup   
   in Windows, and don't in Linux.  The actual running of the app is almost   
   always faster in Linux...   
   --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5   
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