Comments on Hosam Hammady's blog: Fortunately, another reason why I use Ubuntu

Update: Another reason popped out. When I login th...

2009-09-05T15:33:18.038+02:00

Update: Another reason popped out. When I login through Windows, I get logged in to the University domain, so I get attached to a VLAN X. When I connect through Ubuntu, my machine gets unrecognised and I get attached to VLAN Y (guest vlan). So is X having bandwidth limitation or is it overloaded? I dare not ask the IT guys here!

Whatever reason, Micro$oft failed to set optimal d...

2009-06-03T09:03:40.778+02:00

Whatever reason, Micro$oft failed to set optimal defaults for me, while Ubu did.

May be it's a thread management issue. Download ap...

2009-06-02T23:10:44.791+02:00

May be it's a thread management issue. Download application is blocked by other threads.

Actually I am not interested in Windows tweaking a...

2009-06-02T15:52:46.310+02:00

Actually I am not interested in Windows tweaking at all but you can find many guides through google search.

it could be so... what about trying again after do...

2009-06-02T15:29:23.778+02:00

it could be so... what about trying again after doing the same parameters optimization (law fady tab3an).. this will prove/deny the threoritical explanation.

why don't you publish notes about that tweaking w eksab feena thawab

Its a new machine, no updates running, no Outlook ...

2009-06-02T15:07:07.263+02:00

Its a new machine, no updates running, no Outlook opened, no virus...
I really am urged to think it is misconfigured TCP/IP parameters.
I can remember since Windows 98 I used to edit the registry to tweak such parameters, but I am surprised why it is not optimized by default till now!

There could be other background stuff that are con...

2009-06-02T15:01:11.430+02:00

There could be other background stuff that are consuming bandwidth on windows.. like Windows Update check.. outlook syncronizing mail boxes.. a virus...