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michael
on from the make-kpkg-kernel_image dept.
Sivar writes "Andrew Morton of EXT3 fame has posted benchmarks of Linux 2.5.47 prerelease compared with the latest from the current 2.4 series. With some tasks more than tripling in performance, the future looks very promising."
I don't know much about linux, but seeing these benchmarks suggests that the performance is getting faster confuses me. I recently tried linux again when Mandrake 8 came out, and on a hellafast computer it was taking a long time for basic things to be accomplished. I thought winXP was slow compared to win2k, but this mandrake was taking even longer to do the comparable things like open Konqueror, and open text-editing programs. Is there a simple explanation?
I like this one better...
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Some+Dumbass...
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How about this image, from the same article. Note how green, which is SUSE Linux, is winning:)
Needless to say, context is everything.
Re:Performance gains mostly for high-end
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Anonymous Coward
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I doubt any semi-knowledgeable person...
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I don't know much about linux, but seeing these benchmarks suggests that the performance is getting faster confuses me. I recently tried linux again when Mandrake 8 came out, and on a hellafast computer it was taking a long time for basic things to be accomplished. I thought winXP was slow compared to win2k, but this mandrake was taking even longer to do the comparable things like open Konqueror, and open text-editing programs. Is there a simple explanation?
How about this image, from the same article. Note how green, which is SUSE Linux, is winning :)
Needless to say, context is everything.
I doubt any semi-knowledgeable person...
Remember, these are Slashbots we are talking about here.