Linux vs Windows Web Addition

I know this will open a can of worms of opinions but I wanted to see if the developer or hardcore users can state if the Linux version runs better than the Windows version? By better, I mean faster, more stable, etc. I am only speaking of web version. I have a personal bias towards Linux but figured I see what others thought.

On the contrary :slight_smile: this is one of those few cases where this question does not start a holy war.

The answer is “there is no difference” and the reason is — golang. There are native compilers on both OSes (go compiler is actually written in go itself; you have to bootstrap it with version 1.4 that was written in C :slight_smile: ) and it produces monolithic native executable with no dependencies. Therefore they will perform identically on any platform (minus inherent performance differences in e.g. network stack of the OS in question).

I suggest read about golang and watch a few Rob Pike’s talks — they are awesome. (Both go and talks :))

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