[linuxiran] Linux Start-up Time?

[Hooman Baradaran]

Hello,
For some reason my Mandrake Linux loads MUCH slower than Windoz XP. I also 
have Knoppix and it takes less time to load than Mandrake even though it is 
on a CD but still it is much slower than XP.
I haven't times Knoppix but Mandrake took 1 minute to load (which I could 
reduce to 40 seconds but stopping unwanted services from loading) and KDE 
takes another 1 minute to load. I don't have a clue how to make KDE faster.
Windoz XP takes 30 seconds to load the login screen and another 10-20 seconds 
to completely start.

Now the bigger problem is that I can't find any answers on the internet 
because Linux is known to be faster. I found only one discussion on this but 
it didn't help.

If someone can help me or at least tell me if this is normal I'd really 
appreciate it.

Hooman

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