4 ms·

Not XP (my private licence) but I have Ubuntu running parallel for my private stuff. Never had any problems with it.

• boyter 14y ago
  Going to go on a hunch and suggest its a dodgy driver then, or some piece of hardware windows is picking up that Ubuntu isn't. Its annoying that bad drivers still crash windows but the same thing happens on Linux systems.
  • aluhut 14y ago
    That would explain the crash but why is it so horrible slow? I don't feel the speed difference between an Ubuntu/XP is as big as in between Ubuntu/win7 (talking about the old-desktop here).
    • boyter 14y ago
      Going to go with drivers again. The sad truth is closed source drivers can be as hit or miss as open source. By any measure I have tried, Windows 7 is considerably faster then XP for the gear I run, but only when proper drivers are installed (not the included Windows 7 ones). It is annoying when you get something that's slower or doesn't work though. I was burnt by Creative with my Live! Drive and as such will never buy their hardware or software again, but I don't blame Microsoft.