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[Phoronix] Intel X.Org, Mesa Performance In Ubuntu
phoronix.com - 11/14/2008
[Phoronix] Intel X.Org, Mesa Performance In Ubuntu
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Earlier this week we had published ATI benchmarks of the open-source Mesa stack and X.Org in the Ubuntu releases going back to Ubuntu 7.04 . While the open-source graphics drivers have matured a lot over the past eighteen months and many new features have been added, the ATI performance with an ...
phoronix.com - 11/19/2008
[Phoronix] Exciting Features For Ubuntu 9.04
— phoronix.com — If all goes according to plan, the first alpha release for Ubuntu 9.04 (the Jaunty Jackalope )... will be released tomorrow. It's not even been one month since the release of Ubuntu 8.10 , but this first alpha release will show early signs of what we can ... (more) [Phoronix] Exciting Features For Ubuntu 9.04

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arm.com - 11/13/2008
ARM and Canonical to Bring Full Ubuntu Desktop Experience to Low-Power, ARM Technology-Based ...
— arm.com — Popular commercially-supported Linux distribution Ubuntu to be available on low-power ARM SoCs with rich integrated graphics and... video subsystems and a proven track record of low-power design (more) ARM and Canonical to Bring Full Ubuntu Desktop ...

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news.cnet.com - 11/16/2008
Ubuntu to run on ARM-based Netbooks
— news.cnet.com — Canonical has announced that it will be developing a version of its Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system... specifically for ARM's Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 processor architectures. ARM-based processors have traditionally been used in small devices ... (more) Ubuntu to run on ARM-based Netbooks

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Intel X.Org, Mesa Performance In Ubuntu
DV Hardware — ... of the open-source Mesa stack and X.Org in the Ubuntu releases going back to Ubuntu 7.04. While the open-source graphics drivers have matured a lot over the past eighteen months and many new features have been added, the ATI performance with an R430 GPU really hadn't improved in the newer releases. To see if the open-source Intel situation is any different, we have carried out similar tests with an Intel 945G Chipset across the past four Ubuntu releases. Read more at Phoronix. Intel X.Org, Mesa Performance In Ubuntu - More news at ...

Tech Roundup - November 14, 2008
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