Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista 689
Anonymous writes "By now a lot has been reported on the new features and improvements in Ubuntu 8.10; it also looks like the OS is outperforming Vista in early benchmarking (Geekbench, boot times, etc.) At what point does this start to make a difference in the market place?" (And though there are lot of ways to benchmark computers, Ubuntu 8.10 with Compiz Fusion is certainly prettier on my Eee than the Windows XP that it came with.)
Faster than Vista! (Score:5, Funny)
YES! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hate to say it, but (Score:2, Funny)
Re:YES! (Score:3, Funny)
2009 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop!
The Year of Linux on the Desktop is always 2 years away.
Re:YES! (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, the year of the Linux desktop was last year.
This is the year of the Linux netboot.
Get with the program.
LOL! (Score:2, Funny)
It will make a difference (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
My father-in-law with a slide rule, graph paper and a mechanical pencil can outperform vista.
Re:Faster than Vista! (Score:5, Funny)
Dubious Distinction (Score:3, Funny)
A dubious distinction, to be sure. Hell, my Heathkit H89 running CP/M outperforms Vista, at least when it comes to boot time. It outperforms Ubuntu in that regard also, come to think of it.
Re:YES! (Score:5, Funny)
Wasn't that last year? Let's just say instead it's the decade of Linux on The Desktop.
Re:Not really saying much (Score:2, Funny)
"Ubuntu Outperforms Vista" is like saying "Ford Pinto Outperforms Amish Carriage"
I dunno - I think you get MUCH better results when you rear-end a buggy.
Re:YES! (Score:3, Funny)
Not even close!
Being faster means little if the average person can not install an application and have it work! That is WITHOUT going to the command line, editing some script, coping some file, or hunting for some needed RPM.
Especially when trying to install much needed RPM in a Debian based distro, talk about dependency hell !!
Re:Faster than Vista! (Score:5, Funny)
My thought exactly. Well, almost. My first thought was that a snail towing a 65-ton truck might outperform Vista, but I'm very polite.
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When my gran saw Ubuntu booting 3 seconds quicker (Score:1, Funny)
Re:faster than windows? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:YES! (Score:3, Funny)
So next year is the year of the Linux Cellphone?
Is there a newsletter I could subscribe to that would explain all this to me?
Re:YES! (Score:3, Funny)
What I absolutely love about Ubuntu (and maybe this is inherited from Debian, I wouldn't know) is that if a package was automatically installed because another package needed it to satisfy a dependency, and then you un-install the package (the one that needed the other) then BOTH packages get uninstalled automatically.
How is that for solving dependency hell ?
Re:Not really saying much (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sigh... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So what? Not news, though the reverse would be (Score:2, Funny)
'Just about EVERYTHING outperforms Windows Vista.'
TRUE! My kitchen sink outperforms Vista!
Re:Such a high bar ... (Score:2, Funny)
'... doesn't a slug outperform Vista?'
No, Vista produces a great deal more slime.
Re:I thought the proper metric was suckage.... (Score:5, Funny)
As in Windows 7 will suck less than Vista...
I'm sure that feature will be removed prior to the release date.
Re:So what? Not news, though the reverse would be (Score:5, Funny)
It's also far more apt at connecting to the internet, what with the internet being a series of tubes and all.
Re:YES! (Score:5, Funny)
Only the truly talented can quote themselves before they even post!
Only the truly talented can quote themselves before they even post!
Re:Hate to say it, but (Score:5, Funny)
But absolutely no useful software runs on it...
Sure there is. It just doesn't come bundled with the system like it does on Linux. You have to hunt around the Intarwebs to find useful software for XP. Or if you go to brick-and-mortar shops (did you know there were brick-and-mortar shops that carry software?) you'll find that almost all of what they carry is for Windows (emphasizing how limited and useless the base system is). Most of the useful software available for Windows isn't as good as the software that comes with Linux, but it's out there, and a few (very few) of the apps are absolutely top-notch.
Re:Boot time is not a benchmark (Score:5, Funny)
Unless you keep booting up and down all day, boot time has nothing to do with performance.
So unless you're running Windows, boot time has nothing to do with performance?
Re:Faster than Vista! (Score:3, Funny)
yeah. I remember running Return to Castle Wolfenstein on my P3 667, 384MB RAM. The windows version was faster running under Wine than in windows! :)
Re:Yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
With a regular pencil he still boots faster but gets a bit jittery rendering 3d graphics. With a Pentel P205 he's unbeatable.
Re:Faster than Vista! I'm usually one who rags (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Faster than Vista! (Score:4, Funny)
Of course, I'm careful to make sure any wireless card I get with Linus comes with an Atheros chip.
Yeah sure, but what about the rest of us that can't afford to hire a personal kernel hacker with every wireless card?