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Ubuntu Wipes Windows 7 In Benchmarks

Posted by timothy on from the such-things-need-more-context-than-substance dept.

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."

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  1. And... by binarylarry · · Score: 3, Funny

    Queue douchebag saying its only a beta.

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    1. Re:And... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      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?

    2. Re:And... by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    3. Re:And... by clarkn0va · · Score: 4, Funny

      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?

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  2. I can best them both. by Essequemodeia · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    1. Re:I can best them both. by mcgrew · · Score: 4, Funny

      Wow, imagine a beowolf cluster of Essequemodeias!

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    2. Re:I can best them both. by AioKits · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  3. Wrong by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    1. Re:Wrong by fluch · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    2. Re:Wrong by nemesisrocks · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  4. Bravo! by PhasmatisApparatus · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  5. Re:+Troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  6. Re:+Troll by Jurily · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Yeah, they left out almost all distros.

  7. Re:+Troll by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  8. Re:Time for me to upgrade by Yetihehe · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  9. Mouse Clicking by jgtg32a · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  10. Re:+Troll by baboo_jackal · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  11. Re:Layman? by the_humeister · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  12. Re:+Troll by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  13. Re:+Troll by taucross · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  14. Re:Is that with Virus Software installed? by Jurily · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  15. Re:+Troll by sexconker · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.