Comments on: Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 9.10

By: Tor

Tor — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:03:28 +0000

Their is a “Terminal” in windows too but it is not as use full. It would be bether if you wouldn't have to use it.

By: dranger

dranger — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:06:35 +0000

Ubuntu can come close to windows only if the terminal is removed

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:25:18 +0000

Dude, Nexuiz runs natively on both platforms. I get less FPS on Win, but I used VISTA (which is a crappy piece of software), but if you like you can test yourself. BTW it is a pretty kool game too.
Network-wise I also get higher speed with Ubuntu.
But I am not installing Win 7. Paying for a patch (or software pack if you prefer) is not my game. VISTA was the end for me….

By: Apopas

Apopas — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:19:29 +0000

He didn't use the linux ports at all. But the windows ports with Wine.

By: Howe

Howe — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:40:32 +0000

The game test is useless since the 3 games were heavily optimized to be run under windows but not at *all* for linux, they are simply "bare ports".

To be fair you should use games whose engines are paltform neutral in terms of optimizations.

Howe

By: Peter Ridgers

Peter Ridgers — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:43:45 +0000

Do the startup and performance tests include windows virus, spyware and malware programs – if so which ones?

I clean my windows registry and hard disk every day and run virus sweeps on every internet dowload and foreign program install – i never clean my linux machines and never bother about viruses. I still have a fully utilised pentium 2 red hat database server (postgesql and mySQL) – heavily used almost never turned off and as fast now as when it was new.

My experience of Linux (since 1998), including desktop and server use (Red Hat, Fedora, and various Debian variants) is if you pay attention to the hardware compatibility lists and install it right it just runs and runs and runs, does not slow down and does not give you blue screen or black screen pain. However, I use my machines for business and programming and not for gaming ……

So, I would be interested to see benchmark timing comparisons averaged over a five year 24/7/52 (ie never willingly turned off) performance cycle.

It sounds as though I am simply knocking windows – but I am not. I only run one windows machine (xp pro) – it is five years old, used almost every day (mainly for Sage accounts and a bit of visual studio programming) and still feels as fast as when I bought it. But it does take more tlc than my linux machines.

By: Peter Ridgers

Peter Ridgers — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:43:45 +0000

Do the startup and performance tests include windows virus, spyware and malware programs – if so which ones?

So, I would be interested to see benchmark timing comparisons averaged over a five year 24/7/52 (ie never willingly turned off) performance cycle.

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By: dave

dave — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:22:24 +0000

U can also use SuperGrub to fix most boot problems.

http://www.supergrubdisk.org/

By: dave

dave — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:18:59 +0000

I'm using Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10. Ubuntu finds my network effortlessly unlike Windows 7 lately. Ubuntu uses very little ram when idle and most of the time in general.

By: Apopas

Apopas — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:57:42 +0000

You can repair Ubuntu installation as well. That's what the recovery option is for. But is rare the need for it. Also, a new installation of Ubuntu is even faster than a win7 repair.

By: smithjame

smithjame — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:24:19 +0000

Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 both are the leading
operating systems, and they have there own
features. But my favourite is Windows 7.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:36:05 +0000

Don't even go there. Funny title tho. Windows 7 vs Ubuntu (whatever version).

Looks like the author has run-out of articles.

How's this for comparision;

Windows 7 installation can be repaired. Can ubuntu do that?
NO - once it decides not to boot, what do you do? Re-install?

By: Apopas

Apopas — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:56:34 +0000

The installation time also is tricky, since win7 will isntall only themselves and few apps, while Ubuntu will install everything a user needs at once.

By: Apopas

Apopas — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:52:21 +0000

For network cmparison you used what? Samba? Because this will give a great bonus to win7.

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By: Tor Djärv

Tor Djärv — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:19:07 +0000

ther is a UT 2004 edition for linux

By: Tor Djärv

Tor Djärv — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:16:24 +0000

What do you mean with “Features” (Features can be what ever you want it to be)?

By: nintendo dsi r4

nintendo dsi r4 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:23:37 +0000

Hi Taranfx,
I think ubuntu is better then windows.I used both of them and i like to work on ubuntu.it's little difficult but it is more safe thne windows. inter net is working extremely good on ubuntu.

By: Ti-Paul

Ti-Paul — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:22:15 +0000

Never compare games or any other software that are not native.

Thus, to compare games on Linux VS Windows, you must install the Linux version of the game.

As for UnrealTournament game, there is a Linux version.
This one should be compared with the Windows version.

Everything running under Wine should not be considered. (Processes under Wine are slowed down… like running Linux under a virtual machine on Windows)…

As for the installation time, this is not cricital for OS “Usage”…

By: steve

steve — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:02:56 +0000

Good comparison dude. If you want to look at this comparison based on different factors, you can take a look at my article..”Windows 7 is a worthy successor to Windows XP..”

http://snastavirs.blogspot.com/2009/11/battle-o...

By: Ankur Goel

Ankur Goel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:59:40 +0000

Argh… not again. It's really annoying to see people's immaturity whenever Mac/Windows/Linux posts surfaces out. Guys, give it a hold… it's thing to grasp in head and explore about, not to make fuss over it. If you are sticked with your opinion then better you to support then cursing others.

By: Taranfx

Taranfx — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:37:39 +0000

I never quoted Win 7 is a loser. Read from start, All it meant was: “In all application performance” win7 loses. Everywhere else Both are equivalent: Features,apps,etc.

By: Lukasz

Lukasz — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:09:21 +0000

“except for Gaming and networking performance, Win7 loses everywhere”
loses in instalation time??-> once a 6 or more months. Booting or closing is not so important for me as i boot my computer once a day (loosing 12 seconds vs Ubuntu, making coffe meanwhile). I spent most time on Internet and developing(Visual Studio works great, Eclipse too), some time gaming that is not comfortable in Ubuntu(Wine does not supports every game). So is really Win 7 a looser?

By: sickmind

sickmind — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:18:25 +0000

What about ubuntu 9.10 vs windows server 08 r2 on IO performance?
I'm sure there's something to analyze, like the linux's IO caching which is use the RAM's size to increase it's throughput. Only windows server class has this kind of benefit.

By: beeman

beeman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:29:43 +0000

Nice review

Only the Idle ram in Linux won't tell you a thing, Linux always consumes almost all of your ram

http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/qna/2327.html

By: Ankur Goel

Ankur Goel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:58 +0000

oh cool.. right… Wine Is Not Emulator… I thought it was. Then, it clears my doubt too. Thanks to make me aware of that, Evidently, I took it as Windows Emulator from myself.

By: Ankur Goel

Ankur Goel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:45:09 +0000

Then I was correct.. wasn't i?. WinE (Windows Emulator) is emulator itself… When we say we used wine, then we can't expect to get free softs. because they contain Win tag with them. And Arnold, root softs. in linux are always free, that's the reason they are called open source… no-one is having perception to pay for pidgin or Gstreamers.
PS: Arnold certainly knows this all.. but still, this explanation is for comment readers.

By: Taranfx

Taranfx — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:30:46 +0000

Exactly. I used wine + playonlinux mod
and wine is not emulator just like GNU not unix

By: Arnold

Arnold — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:26:26 +0000

Ankur: Software running on Linux doesn't have to be free or open-source.

He probably used wine to run the Games on Linux. It's not possible to run DirectX 10 or 11 on wine, so he had to use DirectX 9. Games that require DirectX 10 won't run on Linux at all.

By: Ankur Goel

Ankur Goel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:18:27 +0000

Does Ubuntu supports these games without any emulator?… How?…. Then COD and these EA games must be available for free…. seems like a joke.. Can you enlighten and guide me in Ubuntu Sir?. I'm still a beginner

By: Taranfx

Taranfx — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:49:32 +0000

No emulation, all are Real world tests with texture set to medium-high, All FPS are averages on that detail

By: JOKe

JOKe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:22:09 +0000

What emulation software you've used for gaming tests in ubuntu ?