Ubuntu versus Fedora

[Arup]

Check the x64 benchmarks as well, clearly superior to their x32 counterparts for both distros.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...edora_10&num=1

[handy]

Perhaps your title could have reflected how the kernel is using the 64bit cpu more effectively these days as the speed tests on the current releases of Ubuntu & Fedora indicate.

Which is great, since most of the cpu's being sold for some years now have been 64bit.

[gn2]

With the performance differences being minimal, it really comes to the feature set of each distribution and which one you are most familiar with (Ubuntu / Debian vs. Fedora / Red Hat) when deciding between these two popular Linux distributions.

^Spot-on. Even if Fedora performed better I suspect many of us would still use Ubuntu.

Good to see the benefits of 64-bit clearly demonstrated, an interesting read.

[Handyman Felting]

Hahaha, Fedora's scores are horrible!

[Nepherte]

Hahaha, Fedora's scores are horrible!

Erhm, the results are nearly the same, which is also the conclusion of the article.

[Handyman Felting]

Erhm, the results are nearly the same, which is also the conclusion of the article.

It was the conclusion of the article because it was obviously written by a Fedora fan.

[quinnten83]

Well, they are using the same underlying systems and Kernel, aren't they.
There should not be much difference.

[Handyman Felting]

Well, they are using the same underlying systems and Kernel, aren't they.
There should not be much difference.

So basically you are saying that Canonical doesn't do anything?

[[h2o]]

It was the conclusion of the article because it was obviously written by a Fedora fan.

It should also be the conclusion for anyone looking at the figures. There was really no difference worth noting.

[brokenreality]

I gave up trying to test out Fedora after not being able to boot into a graphical environment. Even after changing the graphic mode in the bootline.