cpu useage?

linuxgeek13 · 10-03-2005, 12:42 PM

I was wondering if linux puts more stress on the cpu than windows or is it about the same...thanks

jtshaw · 10-03-2005, 12:48 PM

That is a hard thing to measure in any meaningful way. The ultimate goal of any scheduler (linux, windows, or any other OS; the scheduler is the name of the portion of the OS kernel dedicated to scheduling processes on the CPU(s)) is to most efficiently use the clock cycles provided by the CPU. In short, if there are tasks to be run the scheduler wants to make sure the CPU is doing as much work as possible the vast majority of the time.

Does Linux hurt your CPU more or less then Windows or any other OS? No.

timcharper · 10-03-2005, 01:02 PM

In my switch, I've noticed that yes: Linux does seam to run use a little more resources than windows XP. It doesn't boot as fast as windows XP. However, it's resource management seems to be a lot better than windows - like memory management and processor management.

linuxgeek13 · 10-03-2005, 06:00 PM

thank you ....