Ubuntu With Linux 3.16 Smashes OS X 10.9.4 On The MacBook Air

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by ekianjo • 12 years ago

10 7 12 years ago

OS X is slow, I already knew that and have experienced it first hand.

What is more interesting is the performance boost with Linux 3.16 instead of the stock Ubuntu 14.04 Linux kernel. Can anyone explain why this is the case?

Mikeb85• 12 years ago

Probably includes drivers with optimizations for Intel Haswell chipsets...

freeasinfree• 12 years ago

Smashes battery life too I bet.

Also, why XFCE? Wouldn't Unity be closer to Aqua in terms of resource (ab)use?

ekianjo2• 12 years ago

Well it's not XFCE that makes a difference since the benchmark shows it's the latest kernel that drives the performance increase.

peatmoss• 12 years ago

While this is welcome, the benchmarks neglect my number one reason for having an MBA: battery. Now, if advancements in 3.16 yield battery life comparable with OSX 10.9, sign me up. Would love to see someone do a proper set of benchmarks on that front.

saltyknuckles• 12 years ago

Pretty cool results. I wish I could use linux as my main OS but OSX is everything linux is and more. UI and UX is better also so I'll take the trade off any day.

ekianjo2• 12 years ago

Well package management is not as good on OSX, though.

Ubuntu With Linux 3.16 Smashes OS X 10.9.4 On The MacBook Air

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