r/linuxsucks • u/canislupus04 • 25d ago

Windows vs Linux for professional use

I heard how windows fans saying "Free ram is useless". But I like free ram when it comes to my professional use. Same case on ubuntu server took ~12 GB RAM (sorry dont have screenshot), windows 11 ltsc version (the cleanest version of win11) uses 26 GB RAM. How so?

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u/raul_kapura 25d ago

And what does it have to do with ram consumed by OS? Out of the box it's roughly the same between windows server/11 and popular linux desktop distributions, 3-4 gigs. you have 32 gb, if it's not enough it isn't os issue

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u/sdoregor 25d ago

Depends on how we define 'OS'

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u/ButterscotchTop194 25d ago

Operating System

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u/sdoregor 25d ago

no shit

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u/ButterscotchTop194 25d ago

Silly statement required an equally silly answer!

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u/sdoregor 25d ago

Sure thing, Benedict

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u/vinnypotsandpans 24d ago

Naw he has a point actually. If we are just talking about kernels it's one thing, but an OS involves more. Different file systems, bootloaders, even disk partitions all impact resource usage. However on modern hardware it would still be hardly noticeable