HP EliteBook Linux Testing Ubuntu 11.04 vs. Fedora 15 on notebooks. HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP 256MB, Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: intel 2.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.10.2, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 HP EliteBook: Fedora 15: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Device 0126 256MB (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5 OS: Fedora release 15 (Lovelock), Kernel: 2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: intel 2.14.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 14307.00 |======================================== HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 9913.85 |============================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 2660.66 |========================================= HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 2418.23 |===================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 4166 |============================================ HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 3437 |==================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 7110 |======================================= HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 7995 |============================================ x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 44.77 |========================================= HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 46.69 |=========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 21.62 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 122.68 |========================================== HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 121.31 |========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Ubuntu 11.04 . 772 |============================================ HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 .... 791 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 . 50.18 |============================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HP EliteBook: Fedora 15 . 16.82 |==============================================