I long for a decent OS.

[Tomas]

Is not just boot times.. A windows/linux pc also seem to lag when you for example try to open something simple as a txt editor, simple mail application or similar. I expect the txt editor to open in a split second after pressing the button, but this just does not happen. Why should i use a modern pc for these tasks when my outdated amiga does the same task in less time? I dont understand why it should be so slow to do something so simple. These delays all add up during a day of usage and will in the end be wasted time... And dont get me started ono the process of shutting down a windows pc...

Just opening Kcalc on my ubuntu amd64 3500+, 1.5gig ram takes around 2 seconds!

[Tomas]

itix wrote:

Is not just boot times.. A windows/linux pc also seem to lag when you for example try to open something simple as a txt editor, simple mail application or similar. I expect the txt editor to open in a split second after pressing the button, but this just does not happen. Why should i use a modern pc for these tasks when my outdated amiga does the same task in less time?

If modern word processors are too bloat why not use old software? Something like Microsoft Word 95?

When i was talking about a txt editor, i meant something along the lines of notepad and a graphical equalent in the linux world. Even those has a noticable lag before they appear on the screen. Also things like opening a folder or similar seems to take too much time on both linux and windows. I want it to be so snappy that it gives the illusion of appearing right after pressing the button. Of course i cannot expect this with bigger office suites like word or openoffice, but i do expect it with simple and small applications. I guess it is just me who notice these things?  :-(

And yes, i have tried lightweight window managers like xfce and fluxbox before. Things seems a bit more reponsive, but is still not optimal to my eye. The only resposive OSes i have used on pc is BeOS and Aros but sadly neither of these are very usable today.

[Tomas]

My PowerMac G5 boots up just as quick as my Amiga 3000, about 15 seconds. Even faster when waking up from "deep sleep". And my XP x64 system isn't too bad either, about 30 seconds.

What is your definition of booting? XP boots to the login screen pretty fast on a modern pc, but the sad part is that it still takes twice that time before it let you run anything due to the fact that it is still loading stuff in the background. So the fast boot time of XP is mainly just an illusion in my opinion.

[Tomas]

KThunder wrote:
geeze sorry about the rant. i see these kinds of thread too often. people complaining about the pcs that they use everyday and which do everything they ask. ok you dont like ms; ok you dont like windows. but all oss have drawbacks and benefits.
you dont want a decent os because any os you get will have some drawback to turn against, and any company that produces said os and succeeds will do something you dont like.

crap another rant. ummm...

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The only thing i miss in AmigaOS is memory protection and some full opengl support. Otherwise i think the OS is pretty much perfect for me.