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Mid-2012: Arch Linux vs. Slackware vs. Ubuntu vs. Fedora

The HMMer results are rather flat.

CentOS 6.2 was the fastest Linux operating system for the Dhrystone 2 test within BYTE.

The SciMark micro-benchmarks tended to be all across the board for the fastest performer.