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> Linux memory management is much more complicated than that. I don't know if I'm being trolled, but memory management in any modern OS that makes proper use o
by ris 13y ago
> Linux memory management is much more complicated than that.
I don't know if I'm being trolled, but memory management in any modern OS that makes proper use of shared memory is fundamentally very complicated. I suspect what is happening is Windows is lying to you to give you a simple (though essentially wrong) answer.
- mortenlarsen 13y agoIt was at least changed to lie to avoid complaints from users. I remember that running taskmgr.exe from an XP machine on Vista gave a more accurate info, ie. no lying to keep ignorant users happy.
- lmm 13y agoNT was able to use a simpler (maybe not simple, but simpler) design because it was written from scratch once we knew that caches and buffers were desirable. So it's got a unification of swap and cache that would be difficult to retrofit onto *nix.
- AnthonyMouse 13y agoThe Linux kernel and the NT kernel are approximately the same age.
- ris 13y agoPlease read LWN more.