Firefox 3.5RC2 Performance In Windows Vs. Linux 240
pizzutz writes "Andy Lawrence has posted a Javascript speed comparison for the recently released Firefox 3.5RC2 between Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) and Windows(XP SP3) using the SunSpider benchmark test. Firefox 3.5 will include the new Tracemonkey Javascript engine. The Windows build edges out Linux by just under 15%, though the Linux build is still twice as fast as the current 3.0.11 version which ships with Jaunty."
Re:Don't benchmark it on Ubuntu (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:There! You have it! (Score:5, Insightful)
This proves that, um, Windows,er, Linux is....um...what the fuck does this prove again?
And why the fuck should I care if there's a 15% difference in performance of Firefox between those two OSes? I use my particular OS for reason that have nothing to do with how well Firefox runs on it.
That 15% could very well be measured in hours when the Slashtard coders get through with their Web 2.0 abominization of Slashdot.
maybe linux carries some of this blame (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Proving yet again (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:So what shall one use now? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Don't benchmark it on Ubuntu (Score:4, Insightful)
Does gcc "do" Windows? (Score:1, Insightful)
Can gcc compile Firefox for Windows, so that we can more confidently apportion blame?
Re:Don't benchmark it on Ubuntu (Score:4, Insightful)
What about other common cross platform software ? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Don't benchmark it on Ubuntu (Score:2, Insightful)
Actually, in most cases one would be better off with a Swiss Army type knife than a Bowie knife. Even on a large animal, parts of the skinning process are delicate and take a light touch, and the smaller blades are better at that. And then get to smaller animals - may as well just beat that rabbit with a rock as use a Ka-Bar. In addition, the saw blade of a SA knife is handy for cutting cartilage, etc.
A Bowie knife is a fighting knife, made more for killing and rough work. It will do other things, but not that well. That being said, when the meteor hits because DOD "blocked" the satellite information, and I have to choose 1 knife, it would be the Ka-Bar or similar. Why? Because I want to stay alive to have the opportunity to skin rabbits with my poor tool, and whipping out a Swiss Army knife will only make a zombie laugh.
Re:A Good Test would be Slashdot (Score:4, Insightful)
It's /. and it's sorry assed javascript, not firefox.
I went to preferences and chose 'classic view' to end this assclown behavior. That also ended the funny bars showing up in the middle of replies, the friend/foe icons plastered on top of comments, and other asshattery that was going on here also.
Re:Don't benchmark it on Ubuntu (Score:5, Insightful)
They also have an easier job. MSVC doesn't need to address as many architectures as GCC does. IIRC, there is no MSVC for s/390
Re:Don't benchmark it on Ubuntu (Score:2, Insightful)
I am shocked and amazed that the company which destroyed all competing commercial compilers by hiring their best developers away now has a really good compiler.
Re:My problem with Firefox is this (Score:3, Insightful)
The horrible fonts were what drove me away from Ubuntu after I installed it recently, hoping to use it as my primary desktop. I'm sure you've managed to fix up your fonts somehow, but let me tell you, a default ubuntu install (from the 8.x series, haven't tried more recent) produced such an eyeball searing ugliness in FireFox that it almost single handedly convinced me that Ubuntu wasn't ready yet (for me). The fact that a few searches with Google reveal hundreds of various ways to improve the fonts actually makes it even worse.
Since you'll undoubtably deny this having not witnessed it yourself, just search on google and see the thousands of perplexed newbies being driven away from linux by the fonts you think are so beautiful:
http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+firefox+ugly+font [google.com]
Re:Don't benchmark it on Ubuntu (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Where's the proof that GCC is solely to blame? (Score:3, Insightful)
And thus, the lesson we have learned is that when you have the engineers who designed the architecture on hand, you can write a kickass compiler.
Re:But why? (Score:3, Insightful)