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Ubuntu Wipes Windows 7 in benchmarks
chiskop
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Yes, but will it run Corel Draw? 
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vodacom3g
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I find it interesting that the first 3 tests are about how long the install took, how many mouse clicks it took to install and how much space it takes up on my 1TB drive.
These tests are really important to me as I install my OS every morning before I start working....
What's not important to me is to see how the various OS's fare when serving and supporting actual applications I'm supposed to use daily. I don't use my PC for these at all, find them a waste of time. No document writing, presentations, mailing and browsing the web for me.
Rather I spend all day (after I did the fresh OS install) copying files between disks. Oh and I shut it down and start it up every few minutes just for the hell of it.
The only actual benchmark in this report, Win7 happens to win, although just.
So, must say, I fail to see where this "wiping" occurred.
The only real advantage I see for Ubuntu is the small file copy test.
These tests are really important to me as I install my OS every morning before I start working....
What's not important to me is to see how the various OS's fare when serving and supporting actual applications I'm supposed to use daily. I don't use my PC for these at all, find them a waste of time. No document writing, presentations, mailing and browsing the web for me.
Rather I spend all day (after I did the fresh OS install) copying files between disks. Oh and I shut it down and start it up every few minutes just for the hell of it.
The only actual benchmark in this report, Win7 happens to win, although just.
So, must say, I fail to see where this "wiping" occurred.
The only real advantage I see for Ubuntu is the small file copy test.
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Cool, where's the gaming benchmarks? Oh yeah, lol
I find games playable on Linux a lot faster than Windows. I have also noted that I get files to copy a lot faster (about 15% faster) in Linux, be it on an ext3 or ntfs disk. My boot time for Ubuntu is also at least 15 seconds faster than Windows on a clean install.
Realtime is what counts.
I just rebooted my laptop with W7. It took about 60 seconds to load the startup to the logon screen, once logged in it took another 15 seconds to connect to my wireless network and load my antivirus and programs. Slight hard drive activity, but I had a responsive system from start.
That's saying a lot for Windows and it's been infamous that startup has been long on most Windows versions, except 3.1 (which is obsolete).
I've had on this exact same spec laptop Ubuntu 8.04 (still have the ISO on my hdd) and even in the most spectular of times it booted anywhere between 2 to 3 minutes. Then the fun part was the fact that when I moved my mouse it "trailed" or dragged/skipped until everything in the OS was loaded. This was a default Wubi installation with nothing else installed.
Sorry to say, but if, the if counts, Microsoft keeps improving W7 it will truly be the fastest OS they have ever designed.
MyWorld
Executive Member
Real time test, do not know if they changed it since XP:
Format a drive with any file system in Windows.
Do the same in Linux...
I could never understand why a 320Gb drive in Windows took several minutes (I cannot remember how long but it was very, very long used to watch a movie while I waited for it to finish) and only a second in Linux.
That is a tongue in the cheek comment, but a valid one.
I'm sure if we took a comparison on write to disk and access times people will be shocked to see what a difference there is. Test this yourself, copy a 4Gb single file from Windows to windows, time it. Now use NFS and copy the same file Linux to Linux, oooohhhh, like froot said, much more than a 15% increase in performance.
Now couple that with video editing (20 minutes +), movies, and huge image editing and you may see the light.
Format a drive with any file system in Windows.
Do the same in Linux...
I could never understand why a 320Gb drive in Windows took several minutes (I cannot remember how long but it was very, very long used to watch a movie while I waited for it to finish) and only a second in Linux.
That is a tongue in the cheek comment, but a valid one.
I'm sure if we took a comparison on write to disk and access times people will be shocked to see what a difference there is. Test this yourself, copy a 4Gb single file from Windows to windows, time it. Now use NFS and copy the same file Linux to Linux, oooohhhh, like froot said, much more than a 15% increase in performance.
Now couple that with video editing (20 minutes +), movies, and huge image editing and you may see the light.
You've got two options to format a hard drive in Windows, always have. Quick format (10 seconds) and full format, could take up to 30-45 minutes.
Copy a 9GB ISO across a Wireless connection in W7 from W7 on Wireless G and see how fast it is. Takes me about 20-45 minutes. Might sound long, but it's pretty fast.
Copy depends on hardware/media. I copy/burn a disc with Imgburn in less than 3 minutes (the 9GB ISO), but copying the same file to a partition on my hard drive takes slightly longer. Then you take it up a notch and use a copy handler like teracopy (yep, it's named after me, because I rule)
and you will see how fast things can be.chiskop
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Wubi is a VM AFAIK. That's not really a fair comparison and certainly not comparable to my boot up.
My linux desktop (single CPU, 1GB RAM) certainly beats my XP laptop (dual CPU, 2GB RAM) in booting up. (Though, to be fair, the laptop has all sorts of corporate AV and other crap which extends the time it takes to get to a usable desktop.)
Read the Ubuntu Wiki. Wubi is a full Linux install, it's no VM.
d0b33
Honorary Master
No need for a benchmark to state the obvious, Ubuntu(especially when using a light window manager) flies on my machine.
Windows 7 is nice but I use ubuntu to copy large files which would take 20% longer if I used Windows.
Windows 7 is nice but I use ubuntu to copy large files which would take 20% longer if I used Windows.
d0b33
Honorary Master
One word> powershell> google it
It's on my w7 install already, but I prefer Linux thanks
In which case if you send me R499, I'll send you by mail a brand new Ubuntu DVD
fully legal and ready to install. Oh yes it's free but the R499 fee will be for procurement and shipping costs.
