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Why I prefer Linux (lemmy.world)

Brand new, out of the box. It's been sitting here at 100% for 5 minutes.

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[-] shadowfly@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Arch: 30sec for update, 2min for full system upgrade

Kubuntu: 2min for update, 10min for full system upgrade

Windows: 5min for update, 30min for full system upgrade

Ubuntu: Please close firefox so i can install update. You closed it? Well... the update can wait.

Gentoo: 💀

[-] the_seven_sins@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Can somebody explain why Windows is so much slower than... basically every other OS? I mean, what does Windows-Update differently then a apt-get upgrade?

[-] idoubledo@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

AFAIK the main reason is in how windows handles the filesystem - in linux everything is a file and all files are cached by default unless that memory is needed by default, so 100% memory utilization is the norm and where Linux operates most efficiently. In windows file caching seems architecturally be an after-thought and much less efficient - i.e. this causes handling a lot of files (like when updating the OS, where a lot of files need to be modified) to break the caching system and cause a lot of cache thrashing.

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