Actually, I've noticed that XP starts up programs faster than KDE or Gnome. I have a modest, but fairly up to date system, and most basic programs pop up instantly in XP, yet in Linux, it takes several seconds for most programs. This has been kind of annoying for the past years I've used Linux, and it is the main reason I won't switch totally over to Linux and finally get rid of the Windows partition.
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Actually, I've noticed that XP starts up programs faster than KDE or Gnome. I have a modest, but fairly up to date system, and most basic programs pop up instantly in XP, yet in Linux, it takes several seconds for most programs. This has been kind of annoying for the past years I've used Linux, and it is the main reason I won't switch totally over to Linux and finally get rid of the Windows partition.