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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How To Speed Startup Of Microsoft Office? Have It Running All The Time!
Date: 30 Mar 2025 14:39:08 GMT
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Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:
> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.advocacy.]
> On 2025-03-29, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
[...]
> >> Linux does the right thing here IMO.  Store what has been accessed from
> >> the filesystem in RAM, but drop it when needed.
> >
> >   Windows - and, as Paul noted, all other OSs - does the exact same
> > thing.
> 
> I may be a little out of date. I recall stuff like this back in the mid
> 2000's, so maybe I'm misreading how things are working today.
> 
> I do know, from practical experience, having the exact same laptop at
> work with Window 10 and with Debian at home, that Windows in general
> seems to perform worse.  There are other variables at play here, of
> course.

  We can fully agree on that. Lean-and-mean is not one of Windows'
virtues.

  We (should) just use what fits our needs best. I've professionally
supported, managed and used Unix/UNIX systems for over two decades and
still use Cygwin - a Linux-like environment - under Windows, the best of
both worlds for *me*.

  OS wars are silly, especially if The Other OS (TM) doesn't run the
software one needs/wants.

  (AFAIC.) EOD.