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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] Toldry@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Two possible and opposite interpretations of your comment:

  1. Modern Linux feels exactly as responsive or worse on modern hardware than old Linux used to feel on old hardware.
  2. Linux feels much more responsive and fast on modern hardware than it does on old hardware, unlinke other OSes.