Android studio runs sooooo much better on Linux as compared to windows!!!
I just can't believe it!
My build times have been reduced by like 70% on the same laptop!
Why on earth was I even using windows all along!!

I use Intellij but gradle runs much better on Linux then windows. Don't know if it's because you can run a local session from bash but it's much better.

I don't know, but almost everything runs better in Linux haha

Maybe a lot of background processes are running in windows. 70% is a lot.

@HarleyQuinn maybe it's due to the system background processes. I've tried disabling almost all extras like onedrive etc which stay in the background but it's really slow on windows. On Linux, I can finally use Android studio with a browser open.
On windows, it was a nightmare to have anything open besides Android studio!

@xzvf can confirm. My friend who's trying game Dev repeatedly complaints of how hard it is to even set up unity in Linux