Ubuntu 9.04, 20% faster than Ubuntu 8.10
The next version of Ubuntu, whose development has reached the alpha stage 4, is surprisingly fast compared to its predecessor and Ubuntu 8.10 even without implementing the filesystem EXT4.
You can notice the speed difference from the moment you boot up the system. On our test machine Ubuntu 9.04 were able to boot up in just less than 20 seconds where Ubuntu 8.10 required just a bit more than 27 seconds on the same exact system. Ubuntu 9.04 seems to further highly enhance the I/O operations by as much as 20% from Ubuntu 8.10. Further more compilation from source code was more efficient on Ubuntu 9.04 than Ubuntu 8.10 by almost 19%. Our egg drop compilation took around 5 minutes less than it took on Ubuntu 8.10 with the same hardware.
Unfortunately though these advantages does not seems to be as abvious when looking at the compression of MP3 and OGG. It seems our system needed more resources to speed up the process of compression.
Though all this enhancement in performance still without the implementation of EXT4 file system which seems to be the upcoming file systems for most Linux distros with all the enhancements it has for the file system. Maybe by the time Ubuntu 9.04 get released it will include EXT4 file system which will even further boost the system.
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September 28th, 2009 at 3:54 pm |
I used ubuntu 8.10 clean install to wipe w98 out of my computer and hoped to keep it alive for a few more years (11year old dell). i found ubuntu 8.10 clean install to be a slow to boot, 3min 30 sec’s, but fast as ran around the internet. when i took the initial 349 upgrades it slowed slightly and when i upgraded to ubuntu 9.04 it slowed even more as i try to run around the internet. the boot up time did get faster with the 9.04…buit slower once on t he internet? this makes no sence too me but it is noticable enough that i may wipe 9.04 completely out and start all over again with a clean 8.10 AND NO UPGRADES! I am no computer genius…does this make any sence at all?