<div dir="auto"><div>I haven't had problems when using Linux desktops in the way you have described. Terminals and text editors are pretty low on resource reqs. I have run the same kind of workloads on Win 7 and Win 10, with dozens of command prompts. I have also had dozens of Python scripts running in parallel in Windows command prompts, while also running hundreds of tabs in Chrome or Firefox. I try to turn off the eye candy on all my desktop OSes. I find the classic Windows 95/98/2000 style desktop UI to be the most resource efficient, and to have best contrast for notification visibility. I run 64 bit if the hardware supports it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 21:32 Rick Engebretson <<a href="mailto:eng@pinenet.com">eng@pinenet.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank for your courtesy and new thread.<br>
<br>
Again, I'm quite a Linux computer bumpkin, so I'll just share my <br>
experience for your feedback input.<br>
<br>
I use openSuSE linux, both 32 and 64 bit. My wife's laptop is 64 bit <br>
Windows 7, I have a Windows 7 32bit somewhere, too. The Windows 7 64 bit <br>
is all but useless, even after an expensive repair. My 64 bit openSuSE <br>
boxes mostly sit turned off.<br>
<br>
My web client machine (this machine) is an old core2 duo 32 bit 4gB ram <br>
running openSuSE 13.2. My development boxes usually just run <br>
openSuse12.2 32bit with similar hardware.<br>
<br>
The linux desktop was quite a pleasant surprise for me. I usually run 10 <br>
virtual desktops, sometimes use a virtual terminal. This all runs with <br>
KDE or XFCE. I like XFCE because I can have dozens of open NEdit text <br>
editors organized and stable. Currently, I'm enjoying learning ever more <br>
about Tcl/Tk after over 20 years.<br>
<br>
The KDE desktop installs with crazy amounts of "eye candy" and even has <br>
an "Activities Manager" adding yet another dimension of UI, most likely <br>
intended to fool your boss by quickly switching from playing to working. <br>
I usually unset the eye candy and set the OpenGL off and use XWindow <br>
rendering.<br>
<br>
The only time I run a bunch of browser windows is on eBay or programming <br>
language HTML manual pages.<br>
<br>
But all this said, I think you are likely right about Windows GUI <br>
efficiency. Professional video editors I know use Windows. Gamers love <br>
Windows.<br>
<br>
<br>
Haudy Kazemi wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I am splitting this topic off from the other thread, hoping that someone<br>
> has a solution or recommendations.<br>
><br>
> My experience with Android and Windows is they both do a very good job<br>
> in dealing with processes that become very memory or CPU hungry. The<br>
> systems tend to stay responsive (may lag slightly, but usable), and<br>
> recoverable (task managers can still be brought up), even under extreme<br>
> memory and CPU pressure.<br>
><br>
> I have yet to find a desktop Linux distro that can do nearly as well.<br>
> Chrome and Firefox both easily get into 100% CPU usage and high memory<br>
> usage situations on desktop Linux, resulting in nonresponsive systems,<br>
> that I don't experience on Android or Windows. These situations are easy<br>
> enough to hit that even novice users can experience them with only a<br>
> handful of open tabs, depending on the sites open. (On the exact same<br>
> hardware, Windows can run the same browser with the same or even more<br>
> tabs and survive). With these problems, I find it hard to recommend<br>
> Linux as a general purpose desktop OS to others or even use it as my own<br>
> desktop as my daily driver. Linux seems to do okay when the upper bounds<br>
> of the loads are well-defined and easily fit within the available resources.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone know of a distro that does as good as a job at maintaining<br>
> resource control and desktop responsiveness under heavy load as Android<br>
> or Windows? I would love to hear about it.<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> -hk<br>
><br>
> P.S. a relevant article, "Yes, Linux Does Bad In Low RAM / Memory<br>
> Pressure Situations On The Desktop"<br>
> <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Does-Bad-Low-RAM" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Does-Bad-Low-RAM</a><br>
><br>
> P.P.S. It appears that Android uses pressure stall information (PSI) to<br>
> mitigate these problems per<br>
> post <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/general-discussion/1118164-yes-linux-does-bad-in-low-ram-memory-pressure-situations-on-the-desktop?p=1118174#post1118174" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/general-discussion/1118164-yes-linux-does-bad-in-low-ram-memory-pressure-situations-on-the-desktop?p=1118174#post1118174</a><br>
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