This thread is 6 months old, probably dead, but here goes.

A few weeks ago I got Slackware Linux, primarially to make my renders
faster. So, I now triple boot. Windows NT 4.0, Dos 6.22, and Linux. I have
another hard drive on my system with Win95, so actually I can quad-boot.

I rendered one of my own scenes at 320x240 pixels as a benchmark

Linux         1:03
NT 4.0      1:05
Win95        1:10
Dos6.22    1:36

Linux is 2 seconds faster, probably because there was no display. (I still
can't get that to work.) NT was with PovWin3.02, render priority on maximum.
So was Win95. I was really surprised by how slow dos is. I remember it being
faster than WinNT. I guess not.

Linux is faster, but only by about 2%. I guess it's worth it if it means 98
hours for an animation instead of 100.

My $0.02

Chris Jeppesen

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/3392/


C. Hosey wrote in message <349### [at] cobwebnet>...
>> You can get a book at the
>> bookstore that has the full distribution of Linux on a couple of CD's
>> for your system, and POV-Ray is available for Linux.
>>
>> William D. Hayden
>
>Try http://www.cheapbytes.com - I picked up the Slackware 3.4 4-CD set
>for about $7 plus S&H. I've been running Slackware for just under a week
>and I already love it; I have yet to install POV under Linux, so I can't
>verify the difference in rendering speed.
>
>Cheers,
>Chet Hosey
>
>Professional Slacker
>

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