Ubuntu Linux Performance Over the Past Six Years on an Intel Xeon Server (opens in new tab)

(phoronix.com)

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phendrenad27y ago· 3 in thread

Impossible to look at on mobile. The charts run off the right side of the screen. Viewing in desktop mode doesn’t seem to work. I’m guessing they’re trying to use a responsive layout, but they didn’t test articles like this on mobile. Come on Phoronix.

tmikaeld7y ago

On Android FF it's possible to side-scroll the images at least, but yeah, not on new (iPhone 8) or older (iPhone 4s) iOS+Safari.

ovrkil7y ago

I read and viewed everything just fine on my Android. Maybe user error.

8_hours_ago7y ago

The right side of the images are cropped for me on iOS

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kitotik7y ago· 3 in thread

Surprised by the decreased socket performance, are sockets not a first-class citizen anymore? Everyone just went to http?

Anyone have clues as to why this has degraded so much over the years?

yAnonymous7y ago

>The socket activity was hit hard by Spectre/Meltdown patches

Did you even read the article?

majewsky7y ago

> Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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andrenth7y ago

Do you know if this benchmark refers Unix sockets or also to network sockets?

et2o7y ago· 1 in thread

What is exactly is being measured in, for example, the R script? The same code running in the same modern version of R on Ubuntu 12 and 18? Or is the R version dating to Ubuntu 12? Or is it contemporaneous for both releases?

I really wish these websites would repeat these 100x or something so we could get an idea of the variability in the measurements.

alexeldeib7y ago

The versions used are listed in the benchmark image for almost all of the tests run. Here they are for R.

    Ubuntu 12: R v2.15.1 (2012-06-22)
    Ubuntu 16: R v3.5.1  (2018-07-02)

yread7y ago

Wow how come the results are all over the place? I would've expected a 5% - 10% improvement here or there, but look at this!

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu12...

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15 comments

11 comments · 4 top-level

phendrenad27y ago· 3 in thread

tmikaeld7y ago

On Android FF it's possible to side-scroll the images at least, but yeah, not on new (iPhone 8) or older (iPhone 4s) iOS+Safari.

ovrkil7y ago

I read and viewed everything just fine on my Android. Maybe user error.

8_hours_ago7y ago

The right side of the images are cropped for me on iOS

1 more reply

kitotik7y ago· 3 in thread

Surprised by the decreased socket performance, are sockets not a first-class citizen anymore? Everyone just went to http?

Anyone have clues as to why this has degraded so much over the years?

yAnonymous7y ago

>The socket activity was hit hard by Spectre/Meltdown patches

Did you even read the article?

majewsky7y ago

> Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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andrenth7y ago

Do you know if this benchmark refers Unix sockets or also to network sockets?

et2o7y ago· 1 in thread

I really wish these websites would repeat these 100x or something so we could get an idea of the variability in the measurements.

alexeldeib7y ago

The versions used are listed in the benchmark image for almost all of the tests run. Here they are for R.

    Ubuntu 12: R v2.15.1 (2012-06-22)
    Ubuntu 16: R v3.5.1  (2018-07-02)

yread7y ago

Wow how come the results are all over the place? I would've expected a 5% - 10% improvement here or there, but look at this!

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu12...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse