FrogRay wrote:
> "Edee" <rah### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>>Is there a significant improvement in rendering time by switching to Linux
>>from XP?
>>
> 
> My suggestion would be to install a Linux distro that allows you to dual
> boot.  Render your scenes under both Xp and Linux and compare the results.

I tried this comparison once some time ago on a 1.67MHz Athalon, 1GB RAM 
system running Win2K, but I don't remember what Linux distro I was using 
at that time, probably RedHat 9.  I rendered an image under both OS's 
which took about 30 minutes.  The Windows render was about 3 seconds 
faster (which surprised me, I expected Linux to be the faster).  This 
obviously is not a very definitive test, but it suggests to me that the 
OS doesn't make much difference.

      -=- Larry -=-

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