Do certain systems hate Linux?

[Patrick Asselman]

On 2013-06-09 11:06, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 2013/6/9 Sharl.Jimh.Tsin <amoiz.shine at gmail.com>:
>> funny,to me,gnu/linux is faster than windows.
>
> That's should be the case for most people.
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>
>>
>> 在 2013-6-9 上午12:04，"Basil Chupin" <blchupin at iinet.net.au>写道：
>>
>>> On 09/06/13 01:53, Catalin Soare wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 8, 2013 6:38 PM, "Shashank SVRSN" <shashank16392 at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:shashank16392 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > On Saturday 08 June 2013 09:01 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 09/06/13 01:07, Shashank SVRSN wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Saturday 08 June 2013 08:05 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> On 08/06/13 23:41, Shashank SVRSN wrote:
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> Hi !
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> My friend always has some or the other problem when using 
>>>> Ubuntu.
>>>> >>>>> Earlier he used to complain 'slow Internet connectivity -- 
>>>> only in Ubuntu,
>>>> >>>>> not in Windows'. Now he changed to another ISP and new 
>>>> complaint is 'no
>>>> >>>>> Internet connectivity -- only in Ubuntu, not in Windows'.
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> He used 'Linux Mint Live CD' too but in vain. My laptop 
>>>> never had a
>>>> >>>>> problem with his ISP. His system is a Sony Vaio VPCEH25EN. 
>>>> Sony being such a
>>>> >>>>> big company... I can't understand the reason
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Define "slow connectivity".
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Slow browsing - using which browser?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Slow downloads of files to update system?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> What exactly is slow?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> BC
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>> 'Slow' here means 'it takes lot of time to load any given web 
>>>> page
>>>> >>> when compared to that in Windows'
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Browser - Firefox..
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Thanks for this snippet of information, and it looks like 
>>>> another case
>>>> >> of extracting info bit by bit :-) .
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Which version of Firefox and which version of Ubuntu?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Has the cache in Firefox been cleared (ie, deleted - it will be
>>>> >> recreated when you start FF)? Often there may be something in 
>>>> the cache
>>>> >> which causes this slowness.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Are all sites affected or only some?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Is the connection done on dial-up or on broadband, and is the 
>>>> slowness
>>>> >> occurring at all hours or only during certain hours?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> BC
>>>> >>
>>>> > Default version of Firefox (might be 20) on Ubuntu 12.10 (when 
>>>> he used
>>>> > it last)
>>>> > 'Clear History' - used frequently
>>>> > Yeah.. every site is affected
>>>> > Earlier - a broadband connection, shared among 5 systems via a 
>>>> wireless
>>>> > router
>>>> > Now - a broadband connection, unshared
>>>> >
>>>> >
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>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Would you mind asking your friend to try and make some speed 
>>>> tests, both
>>>> on windows and on Linux? Choose one or two websites for the job 
>>>> and compare
>>>> the tests for both OSs.
>>>> If results are different you may want to check for some specific 
>>>> drivers
>>>> for the laptop, non-free firmware (especially if your friend 
>>>> experiences the
>>>> problems when using WiFi).
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To check speed use this URL (it's universal):
>>>
>>> http://speedtest.net/
>>>
>>> BC
>>>

I suggest trying the 3 methods stated on this page:
http://www.unixmen.com/resolve-slow-connexion-when-using-wifi-in-ubuntu-1104-natty-narwhal/

As to the original question: most hardware manufacturers choose to 
focus on the most-used operating system (i.e. Windows) and write their 
drivers for that OS. The Linux developers are then forced to write their 
own drivers. In the past a hardware supplier could use some exotic piece 
of hardware, and it could take a while before a decent driver in Linux 
was written.  Fortunately these days, there are only so many different 
network chips that are used by manufacturers, so only a few drivers need 
to be written, and usually they are already written and ready to be 
used. Because Linux is open source, the drivers are scrutinized by many, 
and might well be faster than the Windows drivers that are written by a 
small group of people :-)

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman