Option 2: The Differences in Memory Management between Windows® and Linux®.

Linux and Windows are both operating systems for the everyday computers. They both do not require special hardware. Many claim one operating system is better than the other. Windows does something better than Linux and Linux does something’s better than Windows. How each of these handles memory is the key to understanding.
Linux has the unique ability to virtually extend system RAM capabilities with another form of partitioning called SWAP space. SWAP space is used by Linux to add more virtual RAM to the system. Virtual memory sort of trick the system to think it has more memory that it actually has by sharing it between competing processes as they are desired. This speeds up the capability of Linux to operate faster and with less system resources than a Windows machine with similar RAM specs. This swap space is dedicated specifically for paging operations. Paging is the function of writing parts of memory chunks to temporary space on a hard disk.
Windows commonly uses a dynamically allocated temporary space on a hard disk called a “page file” for memory management. A “page file” is allocated on disk, for less frequently accessed objects in memory; things that would not necessarily be needed to be constantly in the hard drive or RAM memory buffer. This leaves more RAM obtainable to aggressively used objects.
Windows and Linux have modern memory management architecture that in reality have lot in common. Linux implements the virtual memory data structure in a similar manner to UNIX, which is the oldest operating system still in use today. The two systems may have originated differently but they are similar as well. Linux takes simplicity against performance while windows go for the monetary benefits. Which helps develop more features for windows but more difficult to maintain and improve.