Thanks, but for such a long post it was remarkably unhelpful, and the last entry was even before DSFL 64 bit was released.

Falconet,
Thank you. That is very helpful.

I'm getting work units on my 4Ghz FX-8120 to finish over twice as fast as compared to Windows. I took a picture for #showyourdesktopfriday which shows the speedy return rates.



Many sets seem to run ~3 hours or less per core out of 8 cores, with some sets running twice as long. I notice all of my wingmen are significantly slower than I am at processing a work unit, which is rare considering the majority of users have Intel processors and Intel cores have higher single-threaded performance

In general, it's always been:

If you have an AMD processor, Linux will always perform better. If you take a look at the GCC compiler which is used to compile software on Linux, then look at the inferior compilers on Windows; it makes even more sense that apps on Linux perform faster.

Other than that, it also comes down to how a Linux or Windows version was coded. If both are coded equally, Linux will always run better, but that's not guaranteed. You just have to try and see yourself.

I'd venture a guess that the developers desperately attempt to optimize the Windows version as much as possible because the majority of systems are running Windows here. However, at the same time, many of the people running these scientific applications off the grid are running Linux, such as those supercomputers.

I have my suspicion that Windows will fall within a decade and be overcome by Linux. We might even see Microsoft Linux.