I have installed Linux Mint, and set it up completely. Problem is, this piece of shit is FAR slower than Windows 10 in every single operation, from booting to browsing Sup Forums. I installed it on the same drive as my Windows 10 install, that is a Samsung 850 Evo, Windows is still much faster despite being encrypted with bitlocker. Mint takes like 2x to boot, 3x to show the desktop after a login, and is also slower to open programs, and even when I use the file manager to click on folders and files, sometimes there is a delay when I select a file then quickly select another, and even ui animations are kinda choppy. Firefox is slow when browsing with many tabs open, even without a single extension, on the other hand, on Windows 10 my Firefox with at least 10 extensions takes like 100 tabs before it slows down noticeably.
Installing the proprietary nVidia and Intel drivers made no difference whatsoever.
Have I done something terribly wrong (I admit I haven't used Linux in ages, and this one was almost 100% automated, only had to install drivers manually for my wifi dongle) or is the "linux is faster than windows" a meme unless you have a literal toaster instead of a PC?
Andrew Parker
>Have I done something terribly wrong Yes, you installed Mint. Not trying to be facetious, it is genuinely shit-slow.
Liam Gonzalez
Set swappiness to 10.
Michael Young
In my experience, Linux has always been slightly slower in running the web browser (Netscape through to Firefox). And Windows 10 boots blazingly fast, there's no denying that.
But I just don't trust Windows anymore as my main desktop OS, so I also installed Mint and only run Windows 7 virtually when I need it.
Anthony Evans
Try debian with Xfce. Its way better than Mint + any DE.
Blake Adams
I reserve Debian for my servers.
Mint is just so polished and Cinnamon is too nice...
Aiden Russell
Yes, you must have done something wrong. Windows is always slower. I'd also like to add that the cinnamon desktop is the slowest I've ever used. Try a different desktop and see if that helps.
Carson Peterson
I run mint and barely use windows anymore.
Aaron Carter
Should have gotten ubuntu.
Hunter Jones
Bullshit.
Win 7 > Mint > Win 10
Gavin Reyes
Ubuntu looks like Mac OS' retarded cousin.
Chase Martinez
Cinnamon is pretty slow for some reason. Try using MATE.
Matthew Ortiz
>Try a different desktop the others look like shit
Christian Anderson
(You)
Gavin Edwards
not my fault you have shit taste
Henry Turner
Mint is a meme.
Adam Russell
>I'd also like to add that the cinnamon desktop is the slowest I've ever used. It's plenty fast compared to Unity, Gnome 3 or god forbid Plasma.
Jason Watson
Install Arch
Xavier Sullivan
Debian Arch Opensuse Trisquel Qubes
All minus cinnamon all are better than mint
Use KDE just my 2 cents. Don't want Debian run opensuse
Jayden Adams
Stop lying on the internet
Alexander Jenkins
You have done it wrong. Botnet is always slower.
Luke Stewart
There is this thing called the browser cache. For the benchmark to be fair you should clear the cache in windows. Also the DNS cache. Another way to benchmark fairly is to measure after having opened exactly the same tabs in both browsers at least once before the real test.
Also are they both 32b or 64b? Does the linux partition have as much as RAM available?
David Morales
>Mint >Polished
Matthew Hernandez
mint is bloated shit, try void linux it doesnt have systemd, I would personally go with freeBSD route
Brandon Nguyen
Systemd is what makes it usable.
Christopher Long
Linux users are literally fucking delusional
Parker Stewart
Mint "Search Assistant" botnet in Firefox
Bentley Gray
Cinnamon's integration with Mint is pretty nice though.