Comments on: Windows 7 or Linux Ubuntu 8.10: Which is Faster After Windows 7 Tested Slow?

By: Paul C

Paul C — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:28:44 +0000

Both windows 7 and Ubuntu 8.10 are modern operating systems. Will know how windows fare when it is released after MS put so much money in it and its marketing. My new laptop came with Vista premium but I just trimmed down that partition and install Ubuntu 8.10 on it. So far it is rock solid and doing all dvb watching and online broadcasting recording for me.

By: Milacky

Milacky — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:51:14 +0000

No that just means Ubuntu wont work on the damn system you have. Lack of support and compat from Ubuntu. If the hardware dont work on Ubuntu how is that a Windows issue?

By: Kush Kashyap

Kush Kashyap — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:31:33 +0000

I am so happy that now we can talk of a Windows based OS and Linux OS on the same lines of performance. Its the result of a very healthy competition that Linux gave to Windows that today we are witnessing this improvement. I have installed RC1 of Win 7 and i am just excited for the RTM. Ubuntu still has to beat Win 7 in appearance matter.

By: Indrek

Indrek — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:40:57 +0000

Heh, relax there. I was talking about global marketshare on desktops. Last I looked at the numbers, Linux had about 1% of that market. True, Ubuntu comprises what, 30% of that tiny segment? But when you look at the absolute numbers, there’s like 1 computer running Ubuntu for every 300 computers running Windows. Hell, several sources place even Win2k above all flavours of Linux combined.

Now, I’m not saying that to imply in any way that Linux in general or Ubuntu in particular is somehow inferior to Windows. All I’m saying is that Linux is, and will be for some time, the underdog on the desktop market. Yes, great steps are being made forward, but Windows 7 is even now, months before the final release, probably more popular than Linux and OS X combined. And within a year of its release, probably 95% of all new computers will be sold with Win7 preinstalled.

That’s why a statement like “Windows 7 will be the downfall of Ubuntu” is ridiculous. You have to be at or near the top for something to be able to threaten your market share, and Linux doesn’t really have anything to lose. Most of those who are already running it are unlikely to switch back to Windows anyway, so Linux can only move upwards in terms of market share.

So, again, don’t take this as some sort of attack towards Linux or Ubuntu. It was just an observation on the current situation.

“Remember the loving site Wikipedia? Guess what they are using?”
Not a clue, but if I had to hazard a guess, I’d say Ubuntu?

“How about most schools in lower income countries?”
Pirated copies of Windows 2k or XP? Again, not a clue.

“How about in most servers?”
Windows 7 is a desktop OS, so the server market is irrelevant to the current discussion. I’m well aware that Windows isn’t the market leader there.

By: Kyle H.

Kyle H. — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:07:55 +0000

You think Ubuntu is at the bottom. Hmm that is very interesting. I love how this may seem true but really isn’t. Remember the loving site Wikipedia? Guess what they are using? How about most schools in lower income countries? How about in most servers? Overall with even more research and debugging and ripping apart W7. I have to say that Windows is close to loosing my whole business, which holds well over 400 desktops and laptops. We don’t need a new operating system, what we need is a more stable and secure operating system that doesn’t make us update every 90 days.

By: Indrek

Indrek — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:43:09 +0000

Jessie: you don’t understand. Debug code isn’t bugs, it’s code designed to trap bugs (of which there are remarkably few in Windows 7). Hence the “de-” prefix.

All pre-release software products contain debug code. This code is removed before the product is released, resulting in better performence, since each operation now has less hoops to jump through.

Hope this explains it. My personal experience with various pre- and post-beta builds of Windows 7 shows that the further down the road, the snappier the performance gets. I expect to be pleasantly surprised by the Release Candidate, and then the RTM version when the OS is finally released.

By: Indrek

Indrek — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:37:01 +0000

“People say that Windows 7 is going to be the down fall of Ubuntu and ETC. I think not.”

Of course not. You can’t be the downfall of something that’s already at the bottom – it’s got nowhere left to fall.

No, what Windows 7 is going to do is reinforce Windows’ position as the number 1 OS on the market. Linux will be playing catch-up for many a year still.

By: Max P

Max P — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:17:43 +0000

What is the point of this comparison?
Windows 7 is still in beta, while Ubuntu 8.10 is a finished product.
I am an Ubuntu user myself – but I still think that you shouldnt try to compare a beta version with a finished product – anything could change in Windows 7 prior to release.
We should compare the finished product with Ubuntu’s current release at that time – which quite likely will not be Ubunut 8.10 – Ubuntu’s new release is currently in open beta also.

By: Kyle H

Kyle H — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:05:28 +0000

I’m running Windows 7 beta on my machine right now. Which also has Windows Xp 32, 64, and ubuntu 8.10 installed.. ( All on there own hard drivers.. Out of all of them ubuntu runs the fastest and is the most stable. I use it the most because of that. People say that Windows 7 is going to be the down fall of Ubuntu and ETC. I think not. On a side note installed windows 7 on my old Dell C640 with a 1.8Ghz cpu and 32mb Ati 7500m.. None of the special features ( areo or w/e ) work. But in ubuntu all the visuals work. Programs crash in W7, and half the time the machine crashes for no reason. I for one have seen more improvement and usefulness in ubuntu then any other operating system. I play alot of 3d games and I still prefer ubuntu.

By: chstrig

chstrig — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:05:20 +0000

I really love ubuntu 8.10 as I have it installed on my desktop. It is a very stable and fast system running on limited hardware resources. I recently bought a HP G50 notebook and unfortunately ubuntu wouldn’t work properly with it. The notebook was specifically designed for windows vista and I am stuck with it, it seems.