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There are just way too many variables here to give a definitive answer.
Namely what specific software you're talking about.
Generally though, no, it is not more efficient.
Not surprising to see it consume more energy at idle than Windows 11 with all the fucking bloatware they have running constantly.
No need for testing, everything runs more better on Linux, because it feels more better 😹
Eh, there's still a lot of free/OSS programs that have quite a bit of jank to them. Let's not kid ourselves. The underlying OS is rock solid though.
That's true. But free and ok is oftentimes better than subscription model cost and a little better.
That said, support your FOSS developers :)
"snappier"
Did you measure this on the wall or in software? Dhe latter is not accurate nor comparable between OSs.
In Software. But I have an UPS that shows power used so I'll log both if I'll get to testing