Windows 10 vs. Linux Performance On AMD Threadripper 2990WX

Re:Windows 10 vs. Linux Performance On AMD Threadripper 2990WX by Someguywhatever on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @09:35AM (#17757713)

Theres also the burden on Microsoft that nothing can break. Meaning: anything that used to work before (in an earlier incarnation of Windows) must continue to work in later versions. I don't think Linux has this burden. They are more free to break stuff and so more free to innovate.

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Re:Windows 10 vs. Linux Performance On AMD Threadripper 2990WX by the_grue on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @09:39AM (#17757743)

I'm quite sure Linux has the same burden. Here is what Linus Torvalds has to say: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75

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Re:Windows 10 vs. Linux Performance On AMD Threadripper 2990WX by coinerone on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:39AM (#17758330)

In Linux Kernel development there is one realy important Rule: Don't break Userspace!

Its like the Windows burden you mentioned, but much more reasonable imho.

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