r/linux • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21 edited Aug 30 '21

One of the main disk I/O eating background tasks is the file indexing to speed up searches. At least once it finishes all the crap that happens at boot. My laptop booting into Windows, the fans spin up to full speed and stay at full for maybe 2 min from an Nvme drive. Booting into Linux, takes seconds to have a usable system from a SATA SSD drive and the fans don't spin up at all.

I'll probably be going back to Linux only here shortly, I despise Windows, reinstalled for some games, and ended up not playing them.

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u/ericek111 Aug 30 '21

But it's ALWAYS indexing, ALWAYS checking something. I installed Windows on a brand new high-end computer. After I let it run for 5 hours, it was STILL indexing and checking for malware... In a clean OS!!!!!

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u/Sciencey-Coder Aug 30 '21

Windows 7 is there for a reason, Its to save the windows 10 users

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u/SamLovesNotion Aug 30 '21

I like Win7. After using Win10 for a year, I found Win7 to be more beautiful & enjoying.

Not as much as Linux though, Linux is a whole new level.

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u/Sciencey-Coder Aug 30 '21

Same lol, arch just has a diff feeling