• Album@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Linux loads the gtk libs when your desktop starts because it’s a major component of gnu/gnome. Windows doesn’t until you launch an app that would use it. It’s not a small library.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not a small library.

      it’s featherweight compared to Windows Desktop, tho

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        1 year ago

        Sure… But the point is that it’s an apples to oranges compare when half of gimp is loaded by the OS at boot under Linux and at runtime on Windows.