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Ubuntu Wipes Windows 7 In Benchmarks
twitter writes "Recent and controversial benchmarks for Windows 7 leave an important question unanswered: 'Is it faster than GNU/Linux?' Here, at last, is a benchmark that pits Ubuntu, Vista and Windows 7 against each other on the same modern hardware. From install time to GUI efficiency, Ubuntu beats Windows and is often twice as fast. Where Windows 7 is competitive, the difference is something the average user would not notice. The average GNU/Linux user is now getting better absolute performance from their computer as well as better value than the average Windows user."
Contender 1 - Ubuntu: free & praised to heaven
Contender 2 - Windows: costs money & pure evil, pure shite
We now release them on the market and see what happens...
Oh my Gawd, nobody gives a fuck about Ubuntu. How can this be?
Answer: nobody gives a bleeding arse.
Maybe next time you can compare the Ubuntu install disk with a print of the Holy Bible and conclude that size and weight doesn't seem to play a role.
Call me flamebait/troll all you want, Ubuntu is the biggest waste of resources ever. The delusion is staggering.
"Violence is the last refuge of the competent, and, generally, the first refuge of the incompetent" - Thing_1
Um, he can use Firefox on Windows. Without some of the bugs. He also won't have any of the graphics issues. Where's -1, Useless when you need it?
So when Windows 7 comes out and you can either buy the $300 netbook with Linux that runs faster, or the $350 netbook with Windows 7 that runs slower, the choice for any informed customer is obvious.
Obviously, you go with Windows.
Because most people WANT TO RUN THEIR APPS and not dick around with Linux. When will people realise that vast majority of the mass market actually wants windows and will continue to want Windows for the foreseeable future.
Yet again the headline doesn't resemble the facts in the article and the benchmarks chosen are selective, yet some inconveniently show Ubuntu getting thumped. Ubuntu is great, and it is damn fast and lightweight, but Windows 7 is playing catch-up.
All versions of Ubuntu is soundly beaten by Windows 7 64-bit in the Richards benchmark. Reveal authorial bias:
"It's clear from that graph that having a 64-bit OS can make a real difference in compute-intensive tasks, but it's not too pleasing to see Windows pip Linux to the post in nearly all results."
owned^H^H^H^H
After logging in slashdot still does not take you back to the page you were on. It's been that way for 20 years.
True, on the level of hardware support & usability Ubuntu is best compared with Windows 3.11
"Violence is the last refuge of the competent, and, generally, the first refuge of the incompetent" - Thing_1