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."

Comments

And...

[binarylarry]

Queue douchebag saying its only a beta.

Re:And...

[Anonymous Coward]

What about benching it against the Hardy Heron beta? Or the latest svn of every package used during testing? What about a story that matters?

Re:And...

[Anonymous Coward]

1. You mean "Cue douchebag saying it's only a beta."

2. It's only a beta.

3. The benchmarks described here suck.

4. I want to love Ubuntu, but the enticing puppy love of the first install and autoconfiguration inevitably wears off, and UI usability always ends the relationship.

Re:And...

[_Sprocket_]

Naw - there's more than one. So you have to line them up single file and deal with them one at a time.

Re:And...

[budgenator]

MS isn't top dog because they made a deal with satan, it's because they made their operating system the most idiot-friendly.

After singing it praises, I might have worded that differently.

Re:And...

[clarkn0va]

What about a story that matters?

Do you make a point of posting in every story that doesn't matter to you? Or was it "cue the douchebag" that you couldn't resist responding to?

You lead a very fatiguing existence, don't you?

Re:And...

[Anonymous Coward]

This is just plane ignorance on your part

Your statement clearly shows that you have no such experience.

Indeed. Everyone knows that a good working knowledge of Euclidean geometry is necessary to truly appreciate Word.

I can best them both.

[Essequemodeia]

Because I can snap both installation DVDs in half, I submit that I am clearly more powerful than either OS. Not even close, really.

Re:I can best them both.

[mcgrew]

Wow, imagine a beowolf cluster of Essequemodeias!

Re:I can best them both.

[AioKits]

Oh, please say we can make said beowolf cluster look like a Borg cube!

Wrong

[MyLongNickName]

My unpatched Windows system can get rooted AT LEAST ten times faster than Ubuntu. Take that, Open Source!

Re:Wrong

[fluch]

... and this is not a bug, it is a feature! ;-)

Re:Wrong

[nemesisrocks]

Sure, but can Ubuntu run this poor woman's Verizon install disk?

Bravo!

[PhasmatisApparatus]

Clearly Microsoft has been listening to us. Vista takes up a whole 8.2GB, while Windows 7 takes up a mere 7.9GB. I can't wait to get a crack at this smaller, slimmer version of Windows!

Re:Bravo!

[fluch]

But it is still beta and untill it is released they still have a lot of time to fill in at least 0.3GB of useless stuff, most likely even more than that... ;-)

Re:+Troll

[Anonymous Coward]

i dont know about you but i wont use any OS that takes more than 7 clicks to install

Re:+Troll

[Jurily]

I'm a linux user but this story is anything but serious benchmarking.

Yeah, they left out almost all distros.

Re:+Troll

[Hatta]

I read the headline and thought installing Ubuntu would wipe a Windows 7 partition.

Re:Time for me to upgrade

[Yetihehe]

I guess it's time to switch from Mundriva to Ubantu, I'm about ready to build a new computer anyway.

There, fixed that for you.

Mouse Clicking

[jgtg32a]

Hey I have carpel tunnel and mouse clicking is a very important benchmark you insensitive clout.

Re:Is that with Virus Software installed?

[Anonymous Coward]

I always just figured the speed was gained from not having to run virus software all the time.

With virus software installed on Windows 7 ubuntu would kill it even more.

I always figured the speed was gained by not being able to actually do anything productive on Ubuntu.

Re:Heh.

[FailedTheTuringTest]

A lot of stuff is included in Windows. I don't know how much of it is OS and how much of it is extra software.

That's what the anti-trust tribunal said.

Re:+Troll

[baboo_jackal]

If you keep carrying on like this, the next batch of mosquitoes Bill releases *will* have malaria.

Re:Layman?

[the_humeister]

I'd be interested to know what that is in non-layman's terms!

Re:+Troll

[Tubal-Cain]

Debian and Ubuntu's alternate install take 0 clicks (but a lot of Enters)

Re:+Troll

[taucross]

No, that enhancement is in scope for the next Ubuntu release.

Same old story

[Captain Spam]

Man, it's been a while since we've broken out the classic story of the benchmarks!

Tomorrow: Windows-centric website refutes claims of this benchmark, posts its own.
Saturday: Linux geeks refute claims of yesterday's benchmarks due to funding by Microsoft and/or lack of actual data, and post their own.
Sunday: Microsoft fans declare themselves independent, refute Saturday's benchmarks, and post their own.
Monday: Mainstream media refutes Sunday's benchmarks and posts their own claiming Ubuntu is far faster.
Tuesday: Hardcore gaming website refutes Monday's benchmarks, claims Windows 7 is so much faster, claims XP is faster still, wonders why Ubuntu was invented if it can't play Counterstrike. Benchmarks are provided to show how much faster Windows 7 is and how much Ubuntu doesn't run Counterstrike out of the box.
Wednesday: Business news site refutes Tuesday's benchmarks and claims, announces it is switching to Ubuntu. Benchmarks are provided to show how much faster Ubuntu is when dealing with MySQL and Apache.
Thursday: Another business news site refutes Wednesday's benchmarks and claims, announces it is giving up on Ubuntu, claiming MySQL is stupid and the previous news site is stupid for using it. Benchmarks are provided to show how much faster Windows 7 is when running MSSQL and IIS.
Friday: A lone Amiga geek refutes everyone's claims, brags about how much faster and better life is with Amiga, promises a new version any year now.
Saturday: (no claims or benchmarks; Linux and Windows camps simply issue condescending stares at Friday's Amiga geek)
Sunday: Linux website refutes Thursday's claims...

Re:Is that with Virus Software installed?

[Jurily]

Ah, a fellow gentooer. Are you done compiling yet?

Re:+Troll

[sexconker]

The average GNU/Linux user is still running that P4 2.8 GHz machine. Luckily, it's the 800 FSB version with hyper threading, and they upped their RAM to 1 GB last year.

Re:The real benchmark

[Dunkirk]

Ah... someone else who couldn't understand Linux. Please, sir, there's no need to bitter about it. *nix-based operating systems ARE user friendly, they're just picky about who their friends are.

Re:Time for me to upgrade

[mcgrew]

I think the Jamaican version is called "Mondriva", mon.