Benchmark Results: Multimedia
HandBrake
We used the 64-bit version of Handbrake 0.9.3 CLI (Command Line Interface). We went with 0.9.3 instead of the current 0.9.4 because the newest version was never packaged for Ubuntu 8.10 and older. Fortunately, the 0.9.3 .deb, originally packaged for Hardy, works just fine on Lucid.
Ubuntu 10.04 smashes 8.04 in the HandBrake benchmark, finishing over a full minute before the older LTS.
Lame
We used Lame version 3.98.2 and a 542.1MB .wav test file, which we encoded to MP3 at 160 kbps.
Lucid actually finishes 16 seconds behind Hardy on this one.
POV-Ray
We used POV-Ray version 3.6 and the 1.02 benchmark for our POV-Ray test.
The newer LTS once again beats its elder, this time by a good seven minutes.
Blender
We went with the non-official Blender benchmark version 0.2 and Blender version 2.49b.
The Lynx performs slower than the Heron again, but this time by a slim 10 seconds.
RAW Therapee
We used 10 ultra-high resolution RAW image files of various file extensions from an assortment of digital cameras as our test files in this benchmark, the combined size of which is 128.8MB. We applied the crisp post-processing profile to our test images, and used the HPHD method as our demosaicing algorithm.
Two different tests were run using Raw Therapee. In the first test, we set the output file type as 8-bit JPG, which took our test files down to around 78MB. In the second test, the output was set to 16-bit PNG. This inflated the files to over 473MB.
In both cases, a stopwatch was used to time how long it took Raw Therapee to process the 10 test images. We ran each test for five iterations, removed the longest and shortest values, then averaged the remaining three to arrive at our final time.
In both the PNG and the JPG tests, Ubuntu 10.04 beats Hardy Heron by mere seconds.
I really like the new version its outstanding freeware
"the bird is absolutely no match for the kitty."
That was an awfully cute thing to say in an OS review.
I installed 10.4 on my 4.5 yr old laptop and it gave it a new lease of life. It's the first time I installed linux on a machine and have it 'just work'. The last few Ubuntu releases were terrible IMHO and are the reason fedora is the main OS on my newer laptop.
As for sub 10-second boot times: I got 9.3 s (self timed) running a sun VM in Win7 on my desktop.
This bit made me chuckle...
Finally, a use for that spare HDD! 10.04 here we come!
I love lucid, only got one issue from upgrading.
eggplant??? ah, so thats how americans call aubergines... =)))
very nice review otherwise, i'm actually thinking of giving it a go. Hardy Heron was a good distro, most problem-free and it is nice to see a very worthy replacement to arrive
thanks!
wow so ubuntu actually make new operating systems faster rather than slower. microsoft should definately steal that idea.
What the heck is aubergine? It turns out that it's the color of an eggplant. In fact, aubergine is just another name for an eggplant. :
An aubergine is an aubergine, an eggplant is an american thing..
I am doing a similar benchmarking with Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7. I am doing testing the scheduler performance for Linux Distro and Win7, can someone please help me with a tool to benchmark both os?
My old laptop ASUS A4D became silent all of a sudden after having installed Ubuntu 10.04. Also it kept cool, without overheating. I believe this OS is very efficient in using (power) resources.
I agree this latest Ubuntu is the best so far. With regard to Skype clashing with the new Ambiance theme that is easily solved in Skype's options dialogue by selecting GTK+ as the theme. I also note that the latest version of Google Chrome places the window controls on the left so no need to change anything there.
"window controls (minimize, maximize/restore, and close) are now on the left-hand side"
To move them on the right side:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/135 [...] ntu-10.04/
At least with 9.10 you could still add Add/Remove ... now it seems to be gone for good (sigh).