Ubuntu 12.10

Ubuntu 12.10 is a operating system. The Ubuntu 12.10 has been tested via the Phoronix Test Suite in the configurations listed below.

OpenBenchmarking.org Results

Global Results

cache - Tests on Ubuntu 12.10, Intel Core i7-3612QE, Intel 3rd Gen Core, INTEL HURONRIVER

ciov2236 - Tests on Ubuntu 12.10, Intel Core i7-3612QE, Intel 3rd Gen Core, INTEL HURONRIVER

Phoronix Information

Fedora 18 vs. Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 Benchmarks: As the next chapter after the Fedora 17 vs. Fedora 18 benchmarks for the Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution, here are benchmarks comparing Fedora 18 to Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.04 on two separate PCs...

Ubuntu 12.10 Now Unredirects Fullscreen Windows: For improving the performance of OpenGL games on the Ubuntu desktop, an update pushed out for Ubuntu 12.10 this morning now has Compiz un-redirect fullscreen windows by default...

Ubuntu 12.10: Open-Source Radeon vs. AMD Catalyst Performance: With Ubuntu trying to improve their OpenGL driver support state to push the Linux OS as a platform for gaming, Valve going to be promoting the closed-source NVIDIA and AMD drivers on Linux, and various other challenges still turning up for those trying to use the different Linux OpenGL drivers, here are some new benchmarks comparing the open-source Radeon Gallium3D driver against the closed-source AMD Catalyst driver.

Ubuntu 12.10 KVM Virtualization Comparison: For kicking off a new week of Linux benchmarks, here are some results of a high-end Intel Extreme Edition workstation when comparing the bare metal host and KVM virtualization performance between Ubuntu 12.10 and the earlier Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS release and then the RHEL-based CentOS 6.3.

AMD Catalyst: Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Windows 7: For those wondering about the performance of Ubuntu Linux 12.10 versus Microsoft Windows 7 when using the same system and the Catalyst graphics driver, here are new Phoronix benchmarks of an AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card when running a variety of OpenGL workloads from Ubuntu 12.10, Kubuntu 12.10 (the KDE desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10 to avoid the Unity desktop overhead), and Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64.

Ubuntu 12.10 Is Ready To Enter The Zoo: It's release day today for Ubuntu 12.10, which was developed under the animal codename of "Quantal Quetzal", and boasts many new features...

Ubuntu 12.10: 32-bit vs. 64-bit Linux Performance: In past years on Phoronix there has been no shortage of 32-bit vs. 64-bit Linux benchmarks. Assuming you don't have a limited amount of RAM and under memory pressure, 64-bit distributions tend to be much faster than the 32-bit versions. However, some Linux users still often wonder whether they should use the 32-bit or 64-bit version of their distribution even when on 64-bit hardware.

Linux 3.7 + Mesa 9.1-devel Running On Ubuntu 12.10: For those Intel Sandy Bridge owners wondering if there's any worthwhile performance improvements when upgrading from Ubuntu 12.10 with Mesa 9.0 and the Linux 3.5 kernel up to the early Mesa 9.1-devel state with the Linux 3.7 Git kernel, here are some benchmarks...

Preview Of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 12.10 Performance: When Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" is officially released there will be more Ubuntu 12.10 performance figures to publish beyond what's already been benchmarked. In this article are a preview of some Intel performance figures comparing an updated Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS installation to Ubuntu 12.10 with its near-final packages as of this week.

Early Boot Speed Results For Ubuntu 12.10: Here's an early look at some Bootchart numbers for two systems running Ubuntu 12.10 development snapshots compared to earlier releases...

Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 2 Arrives: The second beta release for the forthcoming Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" Linux distribution is now available for testing...

AMD Bulldozer Performance On Ubuntu 12.10: For those having computers with AMD FX "Bulldozer" processors, here are some benchmarks showing some of the performance improvements made -- and regressions -- in upstream GCC and the Linux kernel that can be found when upgrading to the forthcoming Ubuntu 12.10.