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Linux vs. NT

I recently benchmarked two systems running on identical hardware. On one machine I installed Windows NT Server 4.0 with Service Pack 5 and on the other I installed RedHat 5.0. The systems were as follows:
  • Pentium 120Mhz Processor
  • 32Mb 70ns RAM
  • 1.5gb DASD
  • 10Mb NE2000 clone Ethernet card
Now many people would cry foul at this point. I know NT can barely perform with such a meager machine, but I wasn't going to test performance in that aspect. NT was installed without IIS, but otherwise with all features available out of the box. RedHat was installed with all features out of the box. Neither were `tuned' or otherwise altered apart from configuration to allow full network connectivity.

The third machine is the client machine on the same network. At this machine I sat a fully certified Microsoft Engineer and asked him to execute a simple change in the NT machines configuration using this client machine. I performed this exact same request on the Linux box, this time using a long haired freak who happened to have installed Linux a couple times on his machine. Simply, I asked each to alter the netmask on their TCP/IP configurations. Here were the results.

The MSE

"What the hell? This client is AIX? You're asking the impossible! It's not possible!"

The Linux guy

"No problem."

Hence, I rest my case that Linux is apparently supperior in every way. The NT user was rather limited in every capacity. Even when altering the client machine from an AIX machine, to a generic Win98 machine, he was still unable to perform any of the requests made. Even when given an advantage, the NT machine suffered horrible performance. Eventually NT will go away and be replaced with the newer OS, Linux. It seems quite obvious from these benchmarking tests.

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