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Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2 vs. Early Fedora 13 Benchmarks

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the flavor-of-the-moment dept.

Given that early benchmarks of the Lucid Lynx were less than encouraging, Phoronix decided to take the latest alpha out for a spin and has set it side-by-side with an early look at Fedora 13. "Overall, there are both positive and negative performance changes for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 2 in relation to Ubuntu 9.10. Most of the negative regressions are attributed to the EXT4 file-system losing some of its performance charm. With using a pre-alpha snapshot of Fedora 13 and the benchmark results just being provided for reference purposes, we will hold off on looking into greater detail at this next Red Hat Linux update until it matures."

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  1. Re:Beta performance testing by daremonai · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't worry; it's actually alpha (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 2) vs. pre-alpha (2010-01-13 Rawhide nightly build). Much better.

  2. Re:What is the status on Ubuntu reducing features? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shut up! It is a known fact that pulse audio sucks for EVERYONE.

  3. What often really matters are the upstream apps. by Zombie+Ryushu · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What often really matters are the upstream apps. Often, other than reporting an upstream bug in an application to the developer, there is not much one can really do about bugs in upstream applications like KDE. I am seeing that now with KDE and X.org. Currently, there is a bug in evdev and dga in X that prevents X from working right with a Wiimote. It can't really be fixed by the distributor. Only X.org can fix it.

    So far I have:

    Broken Sound effects on Stratagus. (Mandriva 2010.0)
    Broken GLX Support on QuakeForge. (Mandriva 2010.0) But DarkPlaces Quake still works.
    Broken Wiimote Support in the evdev driver.

    These are just a few examples of applications that don't work becaues of a problem upstream.

  4. Come again? by JohnnyBGod · · Score: 4, Funny

    What the hell is a bad performance improvement?

  5. Re:linux is for cock smoking queers. by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, the inductors and transformers for Macs are hand-rolled on the thighs of virgins.

  6. Re:what is the state of ext4? by Anpheus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If it breaks user's expectations or destroys user's data, no matter how much anyone tries to convince me otherwise, it is a bug.

  7. Re:What is the status on Ubuntu reducing features? by mrsmiggs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Pulseaudio should be taken outside and shot. I too thought we'd put the troubles behind us but on upgrading to 9.10 I found everything and gone completely to pot again with no audio at all. ALSA at least plays sound but the start up sounds don't quite chime correctly, now I know at some point I'll want to get the thing working again because Pulseaudio has some useful features. However I do have to wonder if Ubuntu's priorities right at all, I shouldn't have to dive into config files and command-line just to get sound working. Please Canonical just get sound working for everyone, once that's done you can worry about the positioning and colour of the notification dialogue.