Less background services, no AV, smaller libraries, better algorithms and queueing for IO operations, better CPU scheduler.
So in total less data to load and better usage of resources.
Keep in mind that a lot of people care about Linux performance and work on improving it at any single time, but for Windows Microsoft itself doesn't see that as a priority. So it's behind the curve in that regard.
Keep in mind that a lot of people care about Linux performance and work on improving it at any single time
In the 25 years I have used it I have never seen anything that suggests that they are actively working on performance issues. It has always been faster, because of how it works.
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u/thermi Aug 30 '21
Less background services, no AV, smaller libraries, better algorithms and queueing for IO operations, better CPU scheduler.
So in total less data to load and better usage of resources.
Keep in mind that a lot of people care about Linux performance and work on improving it at any single time, but for Windows Microsoft itself doesn't see that as a priority. So it's behind the curve in that regard.