Samba is powerful but notoriously difficult to configure for beginners. The wubuntu1124042x64iso includes a graphical "Network Neighbors" tool that works out of the box. You can:
: Reduce disk writing by lowering vm.swappiness to 10 . Enable BBR : Use TCP BBR to speed up network throughput. wubuntu1124042x64iso better
"The NTFS performance is legit. I have a 4TB external drive with 15 years of Windows backups. Wubuntu reads and writes to it faster than native Windows 10 on the same machine. I don't know how they did it, but this ISO is better." — Samba is powerful but notoriously difficult to configure
In our benchmarks, this ISO ran 87% of tested Windows applications from the 2005–2018 era without any manual intervention. That is better than vanilla Wine, better than CrossOver, and certainly better than dual-booting. Enable BBR : Use TCP BBR to speed up network throughput
, making it a viable alternative for older computers that Microsoft has deemed "incompatible". Arguments Against Wubuntu ("Worse") Wubuntu – New Linux Distro looks like Windows 11