Ubuntu 12.04

Ubuntu 12.04 is a operating system. The Ubuntu 12.04 has been tested via the Phoronix Test Suite in the configurations listed below.

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AMD Radeon Catalyst: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Now having compared the graphics driver performance between Microsoft Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 Linux for the NVIDIA driver with the GeForce GTX 680 and the multi-platform Intel performance for Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge, here's a look at the AMD Catalyst driver performance with the Radeon HD 7950 graphics card when running between Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu 12.04 Git'ed With Intel Ivy Bridge: As the Intel Ivy Bridge benchmarks being delivered on Phoronix and coming up in the coming days are frequently using the latest Intel Linux graphics development stack, for those curious here is a comparison between the stock Ubuntu 12.04 packages and when running the latest Linux kernel / Mesa / libdrm / xf86-video-intel Git DDX.

NVIDIA GTX 680: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04: Following up on the performance comparison earlier this month of comparing Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge graphics between Windows and Linux, up today are the results of a comparison of Windows 7 to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS when using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 "Kepler" graphics card.

Intel Sandy Bridge Is Shinier On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: For those curious about the performance changes for Intel Sandy Bridge hardware when moving from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04, here is a quick overview.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ARMv7 Linux Performance Gains: Earlier in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" development cycle I noted some performance improvements happening on the ARM side, particularly for Texas Instruments OMAP4. Namely, Ubuntu 12.04 was ARMing up for better performance with ARM hard-float support and the performance becoming more compelling for the PandaBoard ES hardware with proper cpufreq support.

Using DisplayLink USB Graphics On Ubuntu 12.04: Here's the first shot at using a USB-based DisplayLink graphics adapter with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS...

Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 7: Intel Sandy/Ivy Bridge Loses On Linux: Here's a comparison of the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS versus Microsoft Windows 7 performance when it comes to using Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processors with integrated graphics. While the Sandy Bridge graphics performance was once faster when it came to OpenGL with the open-source Linux driver, that's no longer the case.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" Released: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the "Precise Pangolin", was officially released this morning...

Running The OMAPDRM On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Besides Ubuntu 12.04 on ARMv7 being much faster, thanks to hard-float and other improvements, the Texas Instruments OMAP DRM driver is also available to provide a KMS experience for some hardware...

Ubuntu 12.04 Still Trying For 64-bit By Default: Back at the last UDS Orlando summit I mentioned that Canonical was looking at finally recomending the 64-bit version of Ubuntu Linux by default for new installs rather than 32-bit. This issue is again being discussed at the last minute for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" release due out next week...

Ubuntu 12.04 Desktops Impact Performance, Power Consumption: How does the choice of desktop environments you make for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS impact your system's performance and power consumption? Here's the latest round of benchmarking from the various Ubuntu 12.04 desktop environment choices -- Unity, Unity 2D, GNOME Shell, KDE, Xfce, LXDE, and Openbox -- when running them on three different laptops.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS KVM Virtualization Battles 8.04.4, 10.04.4 LTS: While recent testing has shown how Ubuntu 12.04 LTS KVM/Xen/VirtualBox virtualization compares between Intel's Sandy Bridge and AMD's Bulldozer platforms, in this article is a different look at the KVM virtualization performance of the forthcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS operating system.