Windows 7 vs Linux boot up speed test

Windows 7 RC1 64 bit vs Kubuntu 9.04 64 bit boot up speed test "from bootscreen to Firefox". Tested on VAIO AR51M - C2D 2 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 2x 160 GB HDD 5400 RPM (no RAID).

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Windows7
• windows
• vs
• linux
• kubuntu
• 9.04
• boot
• speed
• test
• firefox

[LauEnVin]

How can you dual boot your viao please help!

[sirAvatar2]

I'm using GRUB, Kubuntu installs it automatically. You just need to install Windows first, then install Linux.

[sirAvatar2]

Even though it's really interesting that my first Windows vs Linux video, which was real crap, has a much better rating...because Linux won. This time, I tried to be more objective and used 64 bit Kubuntu with KDE 4.0 (which is not really fast one), Windows won and it automaticly means that this video is shit. Yeah...that's lame.

[sirAvatar2]

Guys, seriously, result of this test is no ultimate truth about which system is better. It is what it is, comparation of boot time of two systems under certain circumstances. I'm sure that your system is 1000% faster or whatever, but I don't really care.

[procerator]

The test is incorrect. Because Kubuntu had some error(at the 1.8 kernel time) which prevented from booting for 13 seconds.

[sirAvatar2]

Well, what can I say - it's Kubuntu's fault. I found no way to fix this. W7 didn't need any special setup.

[blursst]

Since when was boot time an indicator of stability, functionality and speed?

[nkth6ars]

This was just sad. A good portion of the test was waiting for you to select the proper OS in GRUB, Typing your password, and actually starting up Firefox.

Additionally, you've got a messed up kernel, which is why it took so long to actually begin the boot process.

Flawed indeed.

[8givchik8]

В ролике (Скорость загрузки Windows в VirtualBox на Linux (kubuntu 11.04)) четко видно, что Linux победил Windows по всем параметрам. Хотя если из винды выкинуть все лишнее и по разумному переписать дрова, то она будет хорошей платформой для игр (или скупым подобием на Linux). Вот только если игры и вправду перейдут на Sony PlayStation и Xbox то нафиг такая без идейная ОС нужна.

Linux рулит!)

[timpster93]

THE TIMER IS SLOW

i you try to match the video time with the uh time IN like the timer on the video

the WHITE timer it dosent match the youtube tim

[lin545]

systemd with readahead in linux would boot it in 20 seconds.

this is cold boot, not some kind of hybernation BS that mac uses.

[dyhs2006]

name of the song?

[TheElectrokiwi]

Mac pro to safari easily sub 25 secs

[fryking22]

I boot kde off a usb stick do that with windows.

[1337833K]

That sure's a very accurate test:

- You spent ~2sec in GRUB before booting Windows and ~2.5sec in GRUB before booting Kubuntu.

- Your BIOS ACPI tables are messed up (blame Sony, not Phoenix), and that freezed the Linux kernel for ~10sec.

- You typed your password in ~4sec on Windows and in ~2.5sec on Kubuntu.

- You spent ~4sec on Windows desktop and ~3sec on KDE.

There are your ~9sec. Also, I've a 3GHz 1-core Athlon-XP based PC with ArchLinux on a 5200rpm HDD, and it cold boots to X11 in ~32sec.

[ManMarriage]

upon watching this video i was curious of how much time it takes to boot up my linux system

keep in mind that i do NOT have a fresh install, i have a shit load of services plus oracle database going on, so yea, even under those circumstances i got 53.7 seconds from turned off to browser

[GOPSsSTOP]

My win7 starts up after 20 sec.

[TheMileySelAndDemi]

win7 is the best whooopoooo