Linux

7023 readers

303 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system

Also check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Ategon@programming.dev

anzo@programming.dev

dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev

397

Linux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choice (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/linux@programming.dev

111 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago

I think it's just that they don't care about performance. It's been the case for a while that typically games run faster on Linux through WINE/Proton despite using a translation layer.

And there's a bunch of background services taking up memory and CPU on Windows that are hard to turn off.