Windows : Takes time to start

Linux : Takes time to shutdown ?

I don't want to be that guy but windows In Dell XPS 13 starts in 7 secs!

It says poweroff instead shutdown.

@elonmusk ik,windows 10 even without a ssd starts in under 20 secs.
Old windows used to be very slow,up till windows 7

@neelgeek yeah! I agree with the old laps!

Now it is the opposite ☝️

Other way round for me...

My Mint won't shut down unless all programs are closed for some reason.

Windows 10 - 3 seconds boot and 3 seconds shut down
It does not hibernate for me. it shuts down completely.

Arch Linux - 3 seconds boot and 3 seconds shut down

😁
SSDs are magic!

@Sandy0096

Definitely don't use poweroff!

Linux shuts down just fine for me on my machine. Faster than startup, which only takes about ten seconds.

My Windows 10 VM starts up in about 7 or 8 seconds, but takes about 20 seconds to shutdown.

GUI shutdown : 10sec
CLI shutdown: 5 sec

People who say that Windows starts fast either have never used windows or have only tried booting a freshly installed windows xp on a new rig.

The exact opposite for me...

@Noob

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@dontbeevil Totally not dual-booting ;)

@dontbeevil

Sure, though for my purposes, I'm happy I don't have to worry about it at all, as I don't have Windows on anything but a VM.

Mac OS:

Flap up, flap down 😌😌😂😂☺️☺️

( on a MacBook )

@dontbeevil lol 😂😂😂😂

@dontbeevil every software cab run slow.
Linux has extremely high potential to run slowly due to it's ability to be changed by the user.
Even a wrong config and a heavy GUI will make it slow AF.

The point is - every program can act slowly, but some programs can't run fast when not fresh and clean. Windows is one of those. It's a design thing. Every application makes the whole OS slower. So a freshly installed OS on a gaming rig on an SSD will boot in seconds. Use it for two years and it will boot in 20, 30 and more.

@dontbeevil oh yeah, makes sense.

Windows: cold to fully up in ~45 seconds, including longer bios delays (it amuses me that my system boots to a drive that isn't in the boot list). Powers off in ~20 seconds. I haven't reinstalled Win7 in three to four years.

Linux (mint+kde): cold to up in 25 seconds, including bios delays. Powers off in 5 sec.