LOL I'm not even remotely a zealot.
I use Linux because it works for me. I don't give a fuck what you use for an OS, though I think folks should make an informed choice and use what works best for them.
And, Linux can be faster than Windows - it isn't always. Cinnamon is a pretty heavy desktop environment so it'd probably be a little faster. Xfce and LXDE would be even faster still.
Just the size of the program files was like a third less than windows so I figured that alone would make it faster
It depends, really. As a general rule, it's safe to say that an unoptimized Linux is faster than an unoptimized Windows.
There are possible configurations that make that statement not true.
Yeah I am sure there are exceptions. I just assume a leaner app will run faster generally
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