Re: "Much higher CPU Usage on Linux than on Windows" Doofus 2020 Edition

On 4/14/2024 9:33 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

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On Apr 13, 2024 at 7:32:39 PM EDT, "DFS" <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
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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.
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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?