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[News] Benchmark Shows Linux Maintaining Size/Getting Leaner, Not More Bloated

  • Subject: [News] Benchmark Shows Linux Maintaining Size/Getting Leaner, Not More Bloated
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:12:21 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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The Past 12 Linux Kernels Benchmarked

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| We have taken the last 12 major kernel releases, from Linux 2.6.12 to Linux 
| 2.6.23, built them from source and set out on a benchmarking escapade. This 
| testing also includes the Linux 2.6.24-rc1 kernel. From these benchmarks you 
| can see how the Linux kernel performance has matured over the past two and a 
| half years.    
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=893&num=1

Improvements in terms of networking are shown. Last week, Microsoft reluctantly
admitted that its kernel has become too bloated.


Related:

Who's writing Linux?

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| Top ten most active 2.6.23 developers by changesets
| 
|     * Ingo Molnar (152, 2.5%)
|     * Ralf Baechle (119, 1.9%)
|     * Trond Myklebust (116, 1.9%)
|     * Paul Mundt (111, 1.8%)
|     * David S. Miller (107, 1.7%)
|     * Tejun Heo (103, 1.7%)
|     * Al Viro (95, 1.5%)
|     * Patrick McHardy (93, 1.5%)
|     * Adrian Bunk (92, 1.5%)
|     * FUJITA Tomonori (91, 1.5%) 
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1771767959;fp;4;fpid;1


Is There Perfection in The Linux Kernel?

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| In a perfect world, you could compile a brand-new Linux kernel
| without the need for much configuration and without error.
|
| According to Linus Torvalds, the new 2.6.19 Linux kernel is such
| an entity.
|
| "It's one of those rare "perfect" kernels," Torvalds wrote in a
| Linux kernel mailing list posting announcing the new kernel.
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http://www.internetnews.com/article.php/3646456


Kernel Comparison for Linux (2.6.18) verses Windows (2003 R2)

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| This aims to be the most comprehensive kernel comparison of the
| latest most popular Unix style kernel verses the latest most
| popular current kernel.
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http://widefox.pbwiki.com/Kernel%20Comparison%20Linux%20vs%20Windows


Those Dang DPCs Clogging the MMCSS [or "Why Vista Scheduling is Broken"]

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| Critical optimizations such as zero-copy aside, there is no excusable reason 
| why processing IP packets should so damagingly affect the system.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| Putting aside the larger problem for the moment, there are several issues 
| with this solution. It prioritizes multimedia playback over networking 
| performance, which, as the resulting clamor has shown, is not everyone's 
| personal policy preference. It is almost assuredly a layering violation. It 
| picks a fixed and hard-coded packet limit (ten per millisecond), which won't 
| scale across different hardware—think significantly faster processors or 
| substantially slower networking drivers. It ignores the commonality of GigE. 
| And, finally, the solution is complicated, as the convoluted description and 
| resulting bugs in the implementation demonstrate.        
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http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2007/08/robert-love-backs-up-my-very-simple.html


Linux contributor base broadens

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| With more companies funding Linux work, the core hackers now delegate 
| 70% of the coding
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/062807-linux-contributor-base.html

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