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Firefox 3.5RC2 Performance In Windows Vs. Linux

Posted by timothy on Monday June 22, 2009 @07:21AM from the tradeoffs-and-tradeoffs dept.

pizzutz writes "Andy Lawrence has posted a Javascript speed comparison for the recently released Firefox 3.5RC2 between Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) and Windows(XP SP3) using the SunSpider benchmark test. Firefox 3.5 will include the new Tracemonkey Javascript engine. The Windows build edges out Linux by just under 15%, though the Linux build is still twice as fast as the current 3.0.11 version which ships with Jaunty."

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Re:So what shall one use now? by illiter4te · 2009-06-22 07:30 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Why not just use XP? -.- -- All Heil Microsoft!
Re:Where's the proof that GCC is solely to blame? by Dr.+Spork · 2009-06-22 08:26 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I also wondered this! For one thing, it would make Stallman's head explode, but we might as well get the sad and inevitable event behind us and all use the best compiler we can get for all Linux projects.