Subj : Remmina RDP
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Wed Jun 05 2024 07:20:00


Hi Ky!

 >   KM> But I keep Fedora up to date because it's been useful (tho the
 >   KM> performance is really suck by comparison... 5 seconds to the
 >   KM> desktop vs 2 minutes), tho I'd not like to be using it for
 >   KM> everyday. And everything else I like less.
 > Just out of curiosity is the boot hardware the same?  Here I shocked
 > myself a while back by replacing the hard drive with a SSD in a couple
 > of old computers and the boot time went from a couple of minutes to
 > maybe 15 seconds.
 KM> Yeah, especially on an older system that makes a huge difference.
 KM> Less so on a faster one ... I've had both spinning rust and SSD
 KM> in the Dells and have found when you get up into the i7 range,
 KM> the system itself is fast enough that it shrinks the data
 KM> transfer difference, having processed it faster. Disk difference
 KM> shouldn't be more than about 2x-4x slower, not 10x-20x slower.

OK.  Countering the SSD being much faster than a hard drive the older 
processors are slower: less speed and less cores.  Both of those factors
would slow booting.  I haven't done any experimentation on current fast 
systems as build 'em with the SSD for the OS and the hard drive for the
data.  Quite sure the hard drive is providing a bit of a bottleneck but 
I'll accept that as a trade off for safety.


 KM> Anyway, Fedora is on a slightly faster system with twice the RAM,
 KM> but on spinning rust (however a very fast laptop drive). But it's
 KM> done all the disk read by the time it shows a desktop ... the
 KM> desktop just isn't usable for a while, because it's still
 KM> thinking.

Possibly listing all the files for later quick access.  With my main 
Ubuntu system I've noticed the Desktop comes up quickly and but when I 
ask for something there is a bit of first time hesistation - how long 
depends on what it is.  Firefox and Thunderbird a few seconds; Nautilus 
can pause for 10-15 seconds while it reminds itself where everything is.
As Nautilus again and instantaneous response.


 > ..There is also an option to wait for network connections which could
 > delay booting.  And of course the disk check process.

 KM> Nope, this is just being slow. Plus lagged down by Discover
 KM> insisting on going and checking for updates before you have a
 KM> usable desktop. Need to find where to turn that off. Discovered
 KM> you CAN turn that off in Win11, and did so, take that Microsoft.
 
Yes, that's sort of an unnecessary delay: updates are good (generally) 
but do when convenient for the user.  At least Ubuntu asks to install 
updates -- I've got one pending this morning because I have to reboot to
complete.  ...When done updating will ask to reboot now or later, just 
seems to me if there's that much change it requires a reboot the system 
is a little unstable: running the old but some new is waiting to rush in
to take it's place. 



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