Ubuntu9.10: starting from a performance leap

KarmicKoalaUbuntu9.10's first Alpha test was released yesterday. Although this is only an initial experimental version, the exciting new features such as Plymouth are completely absent, however, we still see the Linux2.6.30kernel kernel, GNOME2.27.1 desktop environment, GCC4.4 compiler, UXAIntel video acceleration, and new power management technology, and its performance will definitely surprise you. The test object is Ubun.

The first Alpha Beta version of Karmic Koala Ubuntu 9.10 was released yesterday. Although this is only an initial experimental version, the exciting new features such as Plymouth are completely absent, however, we still see Linux 2.6.30 kernel, GNOME 2.27.1 desktop environment, GCC 4.4 compiler, UXA Intel video acceleration, and new power management technologies, and its performance will definitely surprise you.

This test is intended for Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64 official version and Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1 beta version, the platform is equipped with Core i7-920 OC 3.6GHz processor, wasu X58 SuperComputer motherboard, 3 gb csx DDR3 memory, Seagate 320GB hard drive (ST3320620AS), ATI Radeon HD 4770 graphics card, etc, the Test software still uses Phoronix Test Suite.

Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1

The new GCC 4.4 compiler shortens MySQL Compilation Time by nearly five seconds, about 6%.

ImageMagick compilation time is reduced by 4 seconds, that is, 9%.

7-zip compression speed increased by 4%.

The LAME MP3 encoding speed is increased by 3%.

Using FFmpeg to transcode AVI to ntsc vcd also accelerates the process by 3%.