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

  • the_seven_sins@feddit.de
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    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?

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      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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      1 year ago

      Windows updates are kind of snapshots, they replace more files than necessary and keep the old files incase the update fails or you wish to roll back x update. Besides that you’re also given new packages and features you never asked for, because Windows loves their guinea pigs and doesn’t care if something breaks because of it.

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        1 year ago

        Funny things that immutable OS like MicroOs or Silverblue do that 1000 times more efficiently and you can even continue usyn system normally. Update applies after reboot.

        Windows is just a pile of crap put together with a duct tape and chewing gum. They did no significant progress in decades.

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      1 year ago

      While I’m unsure of the actual reasons, the file system alone seems too be a pain.

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    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: 💀

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    Half the time when i update on linux, less space is used by the updates…

    Total update size: -56mb.

    Beat that, windoze.