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Subject: Re: "Much higher CPU Usage on Linux than on Windows" Doofus 2020
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On 4/14/2024 9:33 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
> Tyrone wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> On Apr 13, 2024 at 7:32:39 PM EDT, "DFS" <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I got similar results when Linux consumed 21% of the CPU just moving a
>>> Thunderbird window around, but Windows used no more than 6% doing the
>>> same thing.
>>>
>>> Linux:   https://ibb.co/CJzXdBb
>>> Windows: https://ibb.co/JBBkqWs
>>
>> Which is almost certainly due to better video card drivers on Windows. No one
>> cares about video performance on Linux, since 99% of Linux usage is as
>> DB/App/Web servers. Most of those are headless. No video card needed.
> 
> What a reliable source is DFS!
> 
> :-D


I'm QUITE sure the results today will be similar.

To test I'll have to install Linux in dual-boot.




> Not to mention the test is from 2020.

And everything is fixed now.



> And how did he get that awful tearing? 

I got that awful tearing because FOSS crapware programmers are let loose 
with no adult supervision.



> Was Doof running Linux in a VM?

Going blind in your dotage?