Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 boot speed comparison

My e-peen is bigger...

MrGrey (not verified) - November 13, 2009 @ 3:59am

My epeen is bigger then your epeen... seriously, a few seconds difference in boot time makes fux all difference to the normal user. WHO CARES!?
What really ticks me off about all this comparing epeen boot times is that the new Ubuntu 9.10 has gone and removed a LOT of features from their login window options all for the sake of a few seconds on boot up. They also force the administrator to display all the usernames, the only way to set the login screen so that the users have to enter their usernames as well as passwords is with an obscure (indecipherable to most,) command... seriously, WTF were you thinking Ubuntu devs?!
Massive step backwards in customization options !> few seconds boot time.
Ubuntu 9.10 login options = FAIL!

"Its not just boot time.

DaVince - November 17, 2009 @ 11:46pm

"Its not just boot time. firefox, open office, quake4. All faster on Ubuntu (on the same hardware)."

Firefox has been proven to be slower in Linux than in Windows. Chrome, on the other hand, seems to be faster in Linux than in Windows.

I also can't say much good about OpenOffice.org's startup times... It's slow in all cases, though it did improve with 3.

Different Distros?

avoura - November 21, 2009 @ 8:52pm

How about a comparison test like this with other distros? I would like to see a really cut-down linux and see how fast that boots, and then compare other major distros.

Problem is there?

Anonymous Penguin (not verified) - November 27, 2009 @ 3:58pm

What is all the fuss about with this video? The video shows one test result of the boot up times of his/her pc. It does not state what services are running, are similar services running on each OS etc.

I am presuming that the default installation services is all that is running, hence the lack of info but who knows.

Linux boots faster than Windows in this case, which I imagine is not uncommon, try the same test after a few months and I am willing to place money on it that Linux will still be happily booting at the same speed while Windows has slowed down drastically. Will give you 10 to 1 odds? Any offers ;)

Yeah

Makubex (not verified) - December 29, 2009 @ 9:21am

Well said, I think it's the time for Ubuntu todo extra cosmetic to cover the pre booting text..

I just came across

Anonymous Penguin (not verified) - January 19, 2010 @ 1:34am

I just came across this.
I'll second the what on earth
I've used the same machine booting Vista, 7, and Ubuntu 9.10 as well as multiple machines with the same specs and slower machines booting Ubuntu and 7 than Vista and Vista has never even come close to any boot time and of course there's the whole sleep/wake and shutdown times in which Vista is a dog with four legs cut off it trying to run the greyhound track.
Also you have to take in to consideration as time goes by and the more programs you load (then also perhaps uninstall) the slower Vista goes. I take a Vista machine that will boot in under 55 seconds and load it up for a few months then try and boot and the time is about 5 minutes and 3-8 minutes to shut down.
Now You take the same programs on the same exact machine with 7 and it takes about 35 seconds to boot and about 12 to shut down.
Now my Ubuntu 9.10 I'm using right now boots in 18 seconds and as I said - it's a much, much slower machine than they spec.. it's about 4.5yr old dual core 2550 I think with intel graphics and 2gb ram... booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 are MUCH faster than this test.
Now maybe someone noticed both Ubuntu had graphics issues during boot. You need to update a fresh install of Ubuntu with the newer stuff (example the drivers for your Nvidia card) where Vista and 7 will to that for you as part of the install.
Did this all get done?

My Windows 7 rig boots in

Lonewolff (not verified) - June 21, 2010 @ 4:09am

My Windows 7 rig boots in 18.5 seconds on an SSD. I'll have to load ubuntu on to the same box and see what sort of boot speed I have with it.

System Specs

CPU: i7-930
Mainboard: Asus Rampage Extreme motherboard
HDD: Corsair 250Gb SSD
Video: ASUS EAH5870

I like linux but

Anonymous Penguin (not verified) - November 14, 2010 @ 4:57pm

I have two computers one dual boot ubuntu 9.10 and xp pro and
ubuntu 9.10 is so sloooooow to boot 3-4 times longer then xp.
That's an old amd athalon 3500 1 gig dual channel ddr 400.
Other computer is core i5 8 gig ddr 3 tri boot win7 64, ubntu 10.04 64 and osx 10.58 and ubuntu seems to boot 3-4 seconds faster than win 7 and osx is slowest, but this is not a mac. Too bad open gl wasn't as good for games as directx, then I wouldn't need windows.

Heh.

Pnonymous Aenguin (not verified) - October 3, 2011 @ 4:17am

My modified Slackware boots up in 22 seconds on a low-end, 2003 HP.