Is Ubuntu Getting Slower?

An anonymous reader writes "Phoronix has a new article where they provide Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10 benchmarks and had ran many tests. In that article, when using an Intel notebook they witness major slowdowns in different areas and ask the question, Is Ubuntu getting slower? From the article: 'A number of significant kernel changes had went on between these Ubuntu Linux releases including the Completely Fair Scheduler, the SLUB allocator, tickless kernel support, etc. We had also repeated many of these tests to confirm we were not experiencing a performance fluke or other issue (even though the Phoronix Test Suite carries out each test in a completely automated and repeatable fashion) but nothing had changed. Ubuntu 7.04 was certainly the Feisty Fawn for performance, but based upon these results perhaps it would be better to call Ubuntu 7.10 the Gooey Gibbon, 8.04 the Hungover Heron, and 8.10 the Idling Ibex.'"

Comments

Had went on?

[rrohbeck]

Why should I read this FA if the author apparently didn't finish high school?

Re:Performance isn't its raison detre

[Anonymous Coward]

I drive a nice car, decline sex to desperate women who compliment me endlessly each weekend, while I'm up egostroking and renewing my knowledge and try to make more monnies instead.

You know, you could have just written "I'm gay" instead.

Ubuntu? yes way.

[Cope57]

Ubuntu = "Linux for Dummies"