C. Brewer wrote:
The following may be unappetizing to trolls: - From power on to KDE- Mandrake 8.1=1min 52secs RedHat 7.1= 1min 35secs Debian 3.0= 47secs (with setups as close as possible by distro)
Debian Unstabe 32 seconds to XDM (with having to press enter at the lilo multi-boot prompt).
This using a Soltek 75DRV5-C motherboard and an athlon xp-1600.