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Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista

Posted by timothy on from the windows-probably-runs-more-windows-apps dept.

Anonymous writes "By now a lot has been reported on the new features and improvements in Ubuntu 8.10; it also looks like the OS is outperforming Vista in early benchmarking (Geekbench, boot times, etc.) At what point does this start to make a difference in the market place?" (And though there are lot of ways to benchmark computers, Ubuntu 8.10 with Compiz Fusion is certainly prettier on my Eee than the Windows XP that it came with.)

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  1. Faster than Vista! by baffled · · Score: 5, Funny

    What an accomplishment!

    1. Re:Faster than Vista! by dintech · · Score: 5, Funny

      In other news, bi-pedal world championship winning Thai kick-boxer out-performs one legged man in ass-kicking benchmarks.

    2. Re:Faster than Vista! by BrokenHalo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not sure why we have the non-story about it outperforming Vista though...

      My thought exactly. Well, almost. My first thought was that a snail towing a 65-ton truck might outperform Vista, but I'm very polite. ;-)

    3. Re:Faster than Vista! by Kjella · · Score: 3, Funny

      Of course, I'm careful to make sure any wireless card I get with Linus comes with an Atheros chip.

      Yeah sure, but what about the rest of us that can't afford to hire a personal kernel hacker with every wireless card?

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  2. YES! by Gerafix · · Score: 5, Funny

    2009 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop!

    1. Re:YES! by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 3, Funny

      2009 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop!

      The Year of Linux on the Desktop is always 2 years away.

    2. Re:YES! by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, the year of the Linux desktop was last year.

      This is the year of the Linux netboot.

      Get with the program.

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    3. Re:YES! by Aphoxema · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wasn't that last year? Let's just say instead it's the decade of Linux on The Desktop.

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    4. Re:YES! by peculium.infirmus · · Score: 3, Funny

      Not even close!

      Being faster means little if the average person can not install an application and have it work! That is WITHOUT going to the command line, editing some script, coping some file, or hunting for some needed RPM.

      Especially when trying to install much needed RPM in a Debian based distro, talk about dependency hell !!

    5. Re:YES! by nschubach · · Score: 4, Funny

      Only the truly talented can quote themselves before they even post!

      Only the truly talented can quote themselves before they even post!

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  3. Yeah? by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Funny

    My father-in-law with a slide rule, graph paper and a mechanical pencil can outperform vista.

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    1. Re:Yeah? by mackyrae · · Score: 4, Funny

      But can your father-in-law with a slide-rule, graph paper, and a normal pencil outperform Vista?

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    2. Re:Yeah? by stoolpigeon · · Score: 4, Funny

      With a regular pencil he still boots faster but gets a bit jittery rendering 3d graphics. With a Pentel P205 he's unbeatable.

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

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  5. Re:Sigh... by RapmasterT · · Score: 4, Funny

    How DARE you suggest that OS's be judged on usefulness rather than synthetic benchmarks!!! Do you know where you are? This...is...SLASHDOT!!!

  6. Re:I thought the proper metric was suckage.... by _ivy_ivy_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    As in Windows 7 will suck less than Vista...

    I'm sure that feature will be removed prior to the release date.

  7. Re:So what? Not news, though the reverse would be by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's also far more apt at connecting to the internet, what with the internet being a series of tubes and all.

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  8. Re:Hate to say it, but by Xtifr · · Score: 4, Funny

    But absolutely no useful software runs on it...

    Sure there is. It just doesn't come bundled with the system like it does on Linux. You have to hunt around the Intarwebs to find useful software for XP. Or if you go to brick-and-mortar shops (did you know there were brick-and-mortar shops that carry software?) you'll find that almost all of what they carry is for Windows (emphasizing how limited and useless the base system is). Most of the useful software available for Windows isn't as good as the software that comes with Linux, but it's out there, and a few (very few) of the apps are absolutely top-notch.

  9. Re:Boot time is not a benchmark by Risen888 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unless you keep booting up and down all day, boot time has nothing to do with performance.

    So unless you're running Windows, boot time has nothing to do with performance?

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