• fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 days ago

    Overhead isn’t everything. Windows just handles swapping better than Linux. More efficient swapping can mean better performance even with more ram usage.

    • Leon@pawb.social
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      5 days ago

      Swap improvements are an ongoing thing being worked on. There are some pretty big boosts in the 7.0 kernel.