When it comes to choosing between different operating systems like Linux or Windows, we expect only one answer Linux. But do you ever wonder why so many people prefer Linux over Windows? The mere reason is its performance.
Kernel:
It is one of the big reason for excellent performance of Linux over Windows. The kernel is designed differently and nucleus of OS is different. Linux has monolithic kernel and holds core functionality needed such as drivers, memory management, task scheduler etc. On the other hand Windows only contains micro kernel that has basic necessities and remaining aspects are loaded separately which makes Windows slower compared to Linux.
Backward Compatibility:
This is the area where Windows suffers owing decade of software support it provides to users. While it slow down loading process, Linux on different side can forge to backward compatibility. Being a propriety OS, it has limited number of developers and finite number of man hours to work. Optimization is not as high priority for Windows when compare to other requirements.
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