But it simply isn't slower than Linux.
Robert Collins explains that performance is just as good as Linux and the performance loss on Windows is due to file system filters (Defender)[0].
This is what DevDrive intends (and does) fix.
Robert Collins explains that performance is just as good as Linux and the performance loss on Windows is due to file system filters (Defender)[0].
This is what DevDrive intends (and does) fix.
It used to be _much_ slower, like orders of magnitude slower, especially for directories with a large number of files.
To get more of the abstractions out of the way, you want DevDrive. And don't use Explorer.exe as a test bed which has shims and hooks and god knows what else.