I'll be greedy and suggest that it's a bit of everything. low resource requirements good management of resources and no memory hemeredging like with windblows. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jes and guide dog Harley" <jesman598@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: A technical question about Linux > Ok folks, I have somewhat of a technical natured question about Linux. I am a curious minded person, anxious to know how things > work. My question is, why is Linux so much faster than Windows or dos? IS it because it uses less system resources because it's > not focusing on putting everything in to windows on the screen? Is it because it requires less files to operate than Windows? What > is it? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup