The good thing is that the system is used widely by lots of people, and 
even though computationally expensive, has been quite stable.

-viral

On Tuesday, December 2, 2014 8:32:26 PM UTC+5:30, Pileas wrote:
>
> I use both Windows and Linux. In my desktop I see no difference, for the 
> cooling system is good. But in my 4-years laptop, in the Windows partition 
> I (and some others around me :( )  can notice the voice of the fan !
>
> Stefan, you are right about the git thing. I think it is the culprit. 
> Hopefully it will be fixed in the future.
>
> Τη Τρίτη, 2 Δεκεμβρίου 2014 9:53:46 π.μ. UTC-5, ο χρήστης Stefan Karpinski 
> έγραψε:
>>
>> It's computationally expensive and involves forking git a lot. Should get 
>> better in the future once we're actively using libgit2 instead, but for 
>> now, that's how it works. If you're on Windows it's probably a million 
>> times worse.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Pileas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> In the process of updating Julia, I found out that the procedure uses 
>>> 100% of the CPU. Although this may not be a problem for newer machines 
>>> (especially desktops that have a good/decent cooling system), one may 
>>> encounter problems while using a simple laptop.
>>>
>>> Is there a specific reason for Julia to use the CPU solely when it 
>>> updates?
>>>
>>
>>

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