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2.4 vs 2.6 Linux Kernel Shootout

Posted by michael on from the bang-bang dept.

FyRE666 writes "Infoworld are currently running an interesting comparison of the 2.4 series kernel against the new 2.6 release on Xeon, Opteron and Itanium CPUs with some surprising benchmark results for common server-related tasks. Basically the new scheduler helps the 2.6 kernel to cream the old 2.4: Samba tests showing up to 73% speed increases, MySQL showing up to 29% and Apache serving dynamic content up to 47% faster!"

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  1. Re:Executive Summary by Homology · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux - Fastest
    Windows - Decently fast, but bloated
    FreeBSD - Slow
    OpenBSD - Glacially Slow

    Who would have guessed that Linux is the fastest to hack into, indeed, even faster than Windows?

  2. This will save me some money by Sabalon · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was just getting ready to justify the expense of upgrading my 386-SX20 to one of those new high-end 486 chips, but now I don't need to. This is great...it makes my SX almost fell like a DX!!!

    (Sad thing is I have people that work for me that would be lost in that. Then again, I did just get done playing Leisure Suit Larry I - original version.)