Some benchmarking results on the new operating systems we can run on netbooks in this review. Interesting reading about the new Google Chromium OS and my traditional fav, Ubuntu Netbook Remix and how they compare (worth looking at, even if you are just curious from the pictures what they look like on the small screen footprints). Avoid the spoiler below and enjoy the read with a click and go on the llnk .. :-)<br>
<blockquote>Phoronix's Michael Larabel informs us that Intel released Moblin
2.1 earlier this month, Canonical released Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10
late last month, and various other vendors have offered up their fall
distribution refreshes too. Oh yeah, and Google just released the
Chromium OS source code a few days ago! With all of the netbook-focused
distribution updates, Larabel found it was time to run an onslaught of
new benchmarks, comparing some of the leaders in this field along with
running a couple full-blown desktop distributions for this round of
Linux netbook benchmarking. The results were certainly interesting to
say the least and surprised Larabel in some areas. When it came to
netbook performance tests from the desktop, there were not too many
dissenting test results between the gaming, video playback, encoding,
and disk test profiles. However, for those tests that did differ,
Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 usually came out in front as being the best
performer. <br><a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=chromium_moblin_benchmarks&num=1" target="_blank">http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=chromium_moblin_benchmarks&num=1</a><br clear="all">
</blockquote>Regards Roland<br><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>