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Ubuntu 8.10 vs. Mac OS X 10.5.5 Benchmarks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the there-can-be-only-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As a sequel to their Is Ubuntu Getting Slower? Phoronix now has out an article that compares the performance of Ubuntu 8.10 to Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.5. They tested both the x86 and x86_64 spins of Ubuntu and threw at both operating systems a number of graphics, disk, computational, and Java benchmarks, among others. With the Mac Mini used in some of the comparisons, 'Leopard' was faster, while in others it was a tight battle."

3 of 328 comments (clear)

  1. Survey of 1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OS X is WAY prettier but gets in the way too much.
    Ubuntu is more efficient but the icon style sucks.
    Both camps are headed towards half-assed full automation a la MS, they just have better OSes with which do it.
    Drooling fanbois of both camps can bite me.

  2. Re:We musn't fight each other... by bonch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Uh...what business practices? Or is this more generic, liberal, anti-capitalist ranting on Slashdot?

    Capitalism made the computer you used to type your post. Get out of the dorm room and into the real world, kiddo.

  3. Re:It's not the distro either, it's the compiler. by Abcd1234 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Older Linuxes are built on GCC 3.x or GCC 4.1.x. Since 4.2.x, GCC has produced absolute garbage code when the Gentoo flags are not enabled.

    None of which has to do with "bloat" as most people define it.

    But nice job arguing against a point I never made.