Pengwin – A Linux Distro Optimized for WSL Based on Debian

Re:Pengwin – A Linux Distro Optimized for WSL Based on Debian by asveikau on Friday April 12, 2019 @03:10PM (#19648037)

I wasn't talking about WSL at all actually. I have never used it. Disk performance is just worse on Windows. With or without defender. (And defender is the default.)

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Re:Pengwin – A Linux Distro Optimized for WSL Based on Debian by wtallis on Friday April 12, 2019 @03:58PM (#19648448)

Based on limited testing, I think IO is slower on Windows even when there's no filesystem involved at all. The block layer is just slower, despite having so few features that it's hardly worthy of being called a layer compared to what's possible on Linux.

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Re:Pengwin – A Linux Distro Optimized for WSL Based on Debian by marmaduke on Friday April 12, 2019 @04:33PM (#19648701)

Based on my limited testing, a VM running on a NTFS file backed disk runs just as fast natively.

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