On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:13:13 -0500, Linonut wrote:

> After takin' a swig o' grog, unix_fan belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> You can't believe what a joy it was to see the DVD light on solid, rather
>> than the stumbling sometimes on, sometimes off that happened under Linux.
>
> Hey, here's a guy who glories in small data buffers!


Right, good point. I'm comparing out-of-the-box installations.
It could be that Linux could be improved by proper configuration.

I am going on the naive assumption that "tuning" implies
trade-offs and the set selected by the distribution team
is the best compromise.