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Why does Linux run so well on ARM (ls.buckodr.ink)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've seen people talking about it and experienced it myself with a server, but why does Linux run so well on ARM (especially compared to Windows)?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In 2011 Microsoft released Windows RT, and it was specifically designed to run on ARM hardware. Everyone hated it, and it never really became anything. Well, you can’t blame MS for not trying. Maybe the time just wasn’t right for that sort of radical transition. Everyone was complaining that you can’t even install anything other than the handful of applications available at the store.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Windows 10 and 11 both have ARM versions. 11's ARM version has had some major updates recently.

[+] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Please do continue. Corrections are appreciated.

I know that “everybody,” “nobody” and “any” parts were probably too harsh. In reality, the store wasn’t entirely void of activity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You are basically correct imo.

Microsoft has been courting ARM for decades (the 90s had WindowsCE tho that might have been more MIPS than ARM, see Vadem Clio for a product ahead of its time).

However like many relationships “the time wasn’t right” or “too busy for more than fun” so the courtship has yet to click beyond some neat devices that fizzled.