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OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux: A Battle With No Clear Winner

The X-Plane 9 flight simulator was also much faster with OS X than either Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10.

Apple's OpenGL stack continued slaughtering Ubuntu Linux for the Intel Sandy Bridge hardware with the demanding Xonotic game.