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PC speed gains erased by modern software (hackaday.com)
submitted 2 years ago by jestyr to c/technology
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Interesting take on comparability vs performance. I gotta imaging capturing user data and sending to a cloud collector is also a big culprit.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago (9 children)

The real sad part for me is the amount of e-waste this produces. Especially in devices like laptops.

A clean Linux distro can extend a laptops life by a decade. I have a laptop from the c2d era that I threw an ssd in and put Linux on. Perfectly serviceable as a basic machine.

[–] kurosawaa 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

It's shocking how much faster Linux runs compared to a modern windows installation. I do worry however that as more and more programmers focus on web apps that we will eventually see the same problem on Linux as well. Developing desktop applications for Linux is already a pain and the ease of making modern web apps will amplify the problem. At least Linux won't have all of the awful bloat that Microsoft runs in the background on windows these days, but I don't think we will be able to escape from web app hell on Linux.

[–] henfredemars 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have a love/hate relationship with desktop web apps on Linux. They are a great blessing in some ways because I get to run apps that just wouldn't be available to me otherwise because Linux typically isn't a priority for consumer-focused services. Often support exists as a convenient bonus because it came with the web app platform choice.

On the other hand, you get a web app, which looks nice (hopefully) but gobbles down your resources.

[–] awderon 1 points 2 years ago

There should be a way to limit cpu usage and nem usage for a pwa on Linux. Definitely something I should look into.

How are you running pwas on Linux?

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