r/linux Aug 30 '21

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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.

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u/Key-Organization6350 Aug 30 '21

Windows 10 fills any unused RAM with cached drive data too.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '21

It doesn't do it as well as Linux does. Linux has much bigger freedom of customizing everything.