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Originally Posted by g hall
You can also boot Kubuntu from a CD to try it
I find that the Kub PC boots and runs a bit quicker then the Win XP we have
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Linux distributions have a better development model, so it results in higher-quality code. In most circumstances a Linux distribution will be quicker than a Windows installation - although KDE, the environment for Kubuntu, is a bit of a resource hog.
For better performance there's GNOME, although that's only slightly better in terms of performance; xfce, which should be much better, and then a wide range of various window managers and combinations of software which will result in extremely good performance.
Ubuntu uses the GNOME desktop and Xubuntu uses xfce. There's an unofficial distribution called Fluxbuntu which uses the FluxBox window manager, for much improved performance, but I tend to find its usability lacking.