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. On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 21:32 Rick Engebretson <eng at pinenet.com> wrote: > Thank for your courtesy and new thread. > > Again, I'm quite a Linux computer bumpkin, so I'll just share my > experience for your feedback input. > > I use openSuSE linux, both 32 and 64 bit. My wife's laptop is 64 bit > Windows 7, I have a Windows 7 32bit somewhere, too. The Windows 7 64 bit > is all but useless, even after an expensive repair. My 64 bit openSuSE > boxes mostly sit turned off. > > My web client machine (this machine) is an old core2 duo 32 bit 4gB ram > running openSuSE 13.2. My development boxes usually just run > openSuse12.2 32bit with similar hardware. > > The linux desktop was quite a pleasant surprise for me. I usually run 10 > virtual desktops, sometimes use a virtual terminal. This all runs with > KDE or XFCE. I like XFCE because I can have dozens of open NEdit text > editors organized and stable. Currently, I'm enjoying learning ever more > about Tcl/Tk after over 20 years. > > The KDE desktop installs with crazy amounts of "eye candy" and even has > an "Activities Manager" adding yet another dimension of UI, most likely > intended to fool your boss by quickly switching from playing to working. > I usually unset the eye candy and set the OpenGL off and use XWindow > rendering. > > The only time I run a bunch of browser windows is on eBay or programming > language HTML manual pages. > > But all this said, I think you are likely right about Windows GUI > efficiency. Professional video editors I know use Windows. Gamers love > Windows. > > > Haudy Kazemi wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am splitting this topic off from the other thread, hoping that someone > > has a solution or recommendations. > > > > My experience with Android and Windows is they both do a very good job > > in dealing with processes that become very memory or CPU hungry. The > > systems tend to stay responsive (may lag slightly, but usable), and > > recoverable (task managers can still be brought up), even under extreme > > memory and CPU pressure. > > > > I have yet to find a desktop Linux distro that can do nearly as well. > > Chrome and Firefox both easily get into 100% CPU usage and high memory > > usage situations on desktop Linux, resulting in nonresponsive systems, > > that I don't experience on Android or Windows. These situations are easy > > enough to hit that even novice users can experience them with only a > > handful of open tabs, depending on the sites open. (On the exact same > > hardware, Windows can run the same browser with the same or even more > > tabs and survive). With these problems, I find it hard to recommend > > Linux as a general purpose desktop OS to others or even use it as my own > > desktop as my daily driver. Linux seems to do okay when the upper bounds > > of the loads are well-defined and easily fit within the available > resources. > > > > Does anyone know of a distro that does as good as a job at maintaining > > resource control and desktop responsiveness under heavy load as Android > > or Windows? I would love to hear about it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -hk > > > > P.S. a relevant article, "Yes, Linux Does Bad In Low RAM / Memory > > Pressure Situations On The Desktop" > > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Does-Bad-Low-RAM > > > > P.P.S. It appears that Android uses pressure stall information (PSI) to > > mitigate these problems per > > post > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20200726/f4376f74/attachment-0001.htm>