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		dboreham on Nov 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubuntu squeezes more performance than Windows 11 o... It's because the NT filesystem is optimized for a different workload. This is why WSL2 (which you should be using) uses ext4 (that's the default with an Ubuntu distro, at least).

whalesalad on Nov 22, 2023 [–]

> the NT filesystem is optimized for a different workload

a different workload than browsing files in explorer?

formerly_proven on Nov 22, 2023 | [–]

TWUP (Transactional Windows Update Processing)

whalesalad on Nov 22, 2023 | | [–]

LOL had me fooled for a minute there.

oh wait maybe this isn't a joke? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactional_NTFS

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