The "Go Faster" questions..
by GTrax from LinuxQuestions.org on (#57GH6)
I happened to be looking at a Youtube video of the open source application FreeCad posted by a open source enthusiast at Joko Engineering. I could not tell if he was using an exceptionally fast computer, or he had an advantage from the OS. Was the application running in Windows or not?
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I thought there was a Ubuntu symbol in the top left corner, at the very start of the video, but I am not sure if it was just in his applications toolbar.
My PC is not the latest, but is no slouch. 32GB of RAM, a 500GB solid state drive, and 2.8GHz Intel i7-860, running Lunux Mint (Ubuntu 18.04), soon to be upgraded to Mint 20. I was very aware that the response speed of my PC seemed to have a 300ms or more "lag" compared to his. Sometimes, it looked like half a second. I am frankly disappointed, and considering faster hardware if it does not turn out to be due to factors mentioned below. He even has "wobbly windows" showing up during the video. I thought that such stuff slowed things down!
This prompts the questions..
For a given hardware, when it comes to speed differences, how much depends on the kernel OS, as opposed to distros, and desktops?
1. Does Windows have a speed advantage over Linux kernels on the same hardware?
Moving on to distro dependency. I know some "lightweight" distros are described as "faster" because of said "lightness". Is this true?
The question is..
2. Leaving out Windows, should one choose a Linux distro for speed? Can we rank them for this property?
Moving on to desktop (alleged bloat)? I thought that desktops might show some differences in speed, but I did not think a desktop could slow down compiled application (unless it interrupts insanely often). Given the same kernel, with all that Linus can do for us..
3. Can we rank desktops (KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, etc. and perhaps associated window managers for their effect on applications speed?
I did say "given the same hardware". Someone with a big Nvidia GPU may have a perceived speed up if the application was a game with lots of graphics texturing.
The Linux Mint distro comes with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau open source driver, with option to use the Nvidia proprietary driver. I don't know what difference it might make, but my PC has the Nvidia hardware acceleration anyway.
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I thought there was a Ubuntu symbol in the top left corner, at the very start of the video, but I am not sure if it was just in his applications toolbar.
My PC is not the latest, but is no slouch. 32GB of RAM, a 500GB solid state drive, and 2.8GHz Intel i7-860, running Lunux Mint (Ubuntu 18.04), soon to be upgraded to Mint 20. I was very aware that the response speed of my PC seemed to have a 300ms or more "lag" compared to his. Sometimes, it looked like half a second. I am frankly disappointed, and considering faster hardware if it does not turn out to be due to factors mentioned below. He even has "wobbly windows" showing up during the video. I thought that such stuff slowed things down!
This prompts the questions..
For a given hardware, when it comes to speed differences, how much depends on the kernel OS, as opposed to distros, and desktops?
1. Does Windows have a speed advantage over Linux kernels on the same hardware?
Moving on to distro dependency. I know some "lightweight" distros are described as "faster" because of said "lightness". Is this true?
The question is..
2. Leaving out Windows, should one choose a Linux distro for speed? Can we rank them for this property?
Moving on to desktop (alleged bloat)? I thought that desktops might show some differences in speed, but I did not think a desktop could slow down compiled application (unless it interrupts insanely often). Given the same kernel, with all that Linus can do for us..
3. Can we rank desktops (KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, Enlightenment, etc. and perhaps associated window managers for their effect on applications speed?
I did say "given the same hardware". Someone with a big Nvidia GPU may have a perceived speed up if the application was a game with lots of graphics texturing.
The Linux Mint distro comes with xserver-xorg-video-nouveau open source driver, with option to use the Nvidia proprietary driver. I don't know what difference it might make, but my PC has the Nvidia hardware acceleration anyway.