Switching to the Blue

For years (close to 16 now), I have been in a REDmond, Washington state of mind. Just recently, I decided, I don't want to be dependent on Microsoft anymore. I have officially switched over to Kubuntu.

As of right now, only half over though. It is on a spare POS I have had laying around. Funny thing is, this computer now runs faster than my main one.

Specs:
451MHz P3
194MB PC100 Ram
12GB HDD


My main computer (not fast by any means, but it gets me along):
833MHz Athlon something hundred
1GB PC133 Ram
30 GB HDD

Now tell me this, why the FUCK is a computer so much smaller than mine running at such a faster speed. Linux couldn't possibly be that fast, but if it is. Damn!