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minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoit’s just a meme … with a kernel of truth. when running as your main OS windows very quickly gets bogged down with everything you want to run on it. in a VM you’re only running the 1 thing you need on a fresh install, potentially a screenshot of that fresh install so it’s always running at peak. does this make up for the host overhead? maybe … Linux has never struggled under base load for me like windows has.
minus-squarenpdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days ago when running as your main OS windows very quickly gets bogged down with everything you want to run on it. in a VM you’re only running the 1 thing you need on a fresh install, potentially a screenshot of that fresh install so it’s always running at peak. Well this is a big difference lol
it’s just a meme … with a kernel of truth.
when running as your main OS windows very quickly gets bogged down with everything you want to run on it.
in a VM you’re only running the 1 thing you need on a fresh install, potentially a screenshot of that fresh install so it’s always running at peak.
does this make up for the host overhead? maybe … Linux has never struggled under base load for me like windows has.
Well this is a big difference lol