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phoronix.com - 10/27/2008
Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 Benchmarks: Is Ubuntu Getting Slower?
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With the release of Ubuntu 8.10 coming out later this week we decided to use this opportunity to explore how the performance of this desktop Linux operating system has evolved over the past few releases. We performed clean installations of Ubuntu 7.04, Ubuntu 7.10, Ubuntu 8.04, and Ubuntu 8.10 ...
Ubuntu 8.10 available for download
ubuntu.com - 10/30/2008
Ubuntu 8.10 available for download
— ubuntu.com — What do I need to create and use my Ubuntu CD? A blank CD and the ability... to “burn” blank CDs A modern Intel or AMD compatible computer At least 256MB of RAM Installation requirements » Choose a version Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop (the latest version): ... (more) Ubuntu 8.10 available for download

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[Phoronix] Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 Benchmarks: Is Ubuntu Getting Slower?
phoronix.com - 10/28/2008
[Phoronix] Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 Benchmarks: Is Ubuntu Getting Slower?
— phoronix.com — With the release of Ubuntu 8.10 coming out later this week we decided to use this opportunity... to explore how the performance of this desktop Linux operating system has evolved over the past few releases. We performed clean installations of Ubuntu 7.04 ... (more) [Phoronix] Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.10 Benchmarks: Is Ubuntu ...

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[Phoronix] Fedora 7 to 10 Benchmarks
phoronix.com - 11/1/2008
[Phoronix] Fedora 7 to 10 Benchmarks
— phoronix.com — Earlier this week we published benchmarks of all Ubuntu releases from 7.04 to the release candidate and... had found the performance degraded with time , at least with the test system we used. As part of our testing to explore this issue, we had repeated ... (more) [Phoronix] Fedora 7 to 10 Benchmarks

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Hardware 2.0:  Is Ubuntu getting bloated and slow?

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    It seems like all newer operating systems are getting slower because of the increased amount of features people are demanding.
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Is Ubuntu getting bloated and slow?
Hardware 2.0 — October 27th, 2008 Is Ubuntu getting bloated and slow? Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 1:24 pm Categories: Linux Tags: Ubuntu , Linux , Performance Management , Open Source , UNIX , Operating Systems , Software , Human Resources , Workforce Management , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Is bloat causing Ubuntu to become slower with each passing version? One study onto the performance of the open source Linux distro seems to suggest that it does. Phoronix ran a suite of benchmarks on Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10 running on a Lenovo ThinkPad T60 and found that Ubuntu became ...

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