• Llewellyn@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    in some cases I feel like Linux actually performs better than Windows on the same hardware

    What are those cases?

    • Janne Moren@fosstodon.org
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      1 year ago

      @Llewellyn
      File system operations are often faster. This is in part due to Windows doing more; it has a more complex and more flexible permissions system.

      Spawning threads and processes is also normally faster. Linux apps thinks nothing of spawning lots of processes with abandon, then have them opening and closing files all over the place. If you move it straight over to a Windows machine it will tend to run very badly as a result.