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)?

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
      51·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • PuppyOSAndCoffee@lemmy.ml
        41·
        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.

      • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.orgEnglish
        23·
        1 year ago

        , and it was specifically designed to run on ARM hardware. Everyone hated it, and it never really became anything.

        Wrong. It was an ARM compiled stripped down version of windows with not even the most rudimentary bug fixing done to ensure stability. They basically hit compile till they got something that completed successfully and shipped it.

        Well, you can’t blame MS for not trying.

        You can blame them for released a heaping pile of festering dogshit that was even worse than their desktop software.

        Maybe the time just wasn’t right for that sort of radical transition.

        LOL. This is just so tone-def. x86_64 is fucking ancient and ARM is fucking MASSIVE right now and RISC V is gaining more and more attention. AMR server farms are becoming a thing FFS. MS just swung and wiffed so hard the umpire died from embarrassment before he could call it a strike.

        Everyone was complaining that you can’t even install anything other than the handful of applications available at the store.

        See previous point about MS released nothing bug riddled festering dogshit software, as tradition. Of course nothing worked – the shit they released didn’t even work.