21 September 2022

Windows 10 v Linux memory usage and privacy concerns

A personal computer installed with a current version of Windows 10, together with all the associated drivers for the personal computer to operate normally, i.e. video, audio, network, chipset etc consumes a certain amount of RAM, as indicated in the screenshot below:


The amount of RAM used by the Windows operating system is 3.2GB.

A current version of a Linux distribution that is installed on the same hardware, where all the functionality of the installed hardware is functional to the same level of the Windows equivalent yields completely differrent results, as shown in the screen capture below:


The baseline for the Linux installation is 1.4GB or 200MB less than half of what Windows requires!

What's more important is that security and privacy are at a totally differrent level to that of Microsoft's embedded spyware within its operating system.

The best way to stop Microsoft from spying on you via its Windows operating system is quite simply not to use it.

If privacy is a concern to you then products from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft and others like ByteDance (TikTok) and government health realted apps, which are not 'mandatory' should be avoided.

See more information:


within: https://clario.co/blog/which-company-uses-most-data/

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