Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vs. Clear Linux On The Intel Core i9 9900KS, AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

[gregzeng]

No one uses Ubuntu for performance... I don't understand why Clear Linux keeps getting put against lame defaults. Try Gentoo with their wiki's performance recommendations...

Love your RTFM comment. All GUI's are bad - just RTFM!
Performance is only good, if it can perform RTFM is not performance. RTFM is not performing. Ergonomic design prevents errors. Prevention is better than cure.

[gregzeng]

(1) At first we might expect the Intel CPU to be a clear winner for the Intel-designed operating system. Not so. Seems that AMD matches the Intel CPU, generally.
(2) The other surprise is that the Clear Linux is already speed optimised to better perform, but only on bench tests. If the Ubuntu operating system is similarly optimised (latest low-latency kernel, released officially by Ubuntu), the results could be quite different.
(3) There are several other tweaks that can optimise computer operating systems. These tweaks however compromise other aspects of the operating system, such as when bench testing is not being done, which is most of the time.
(4) Users of operating systems know that more is needed than remote, academic bench tests. What surprises me is that the upgrades to the operating system are not mentioned.
(5) In the installation of good operating systems, such as Ubuntu, the administrator needs to give permission for the Linux kernel, etc to be upgraded. Depending on the attention, it is very rare that the Linux kernel used in the first installation will remain in the operating system soon after the system is used.
(6) Ubuntu 20.04 is the alpha-release of the forthcoming operating system. It is not final, so has some designed in "slow-downs" to assist debugging & trouble-solving. The other operating system AFAIK is a final release, designed for bench tests only, with slow-downs removed.

[deusexmachina]

Love your RTFM comment. All GUI's are bad - just RTFM!
Performance is only good, if it can perform RTFM is not performance. RTFM is not performing. Ergonomic design prevents errors. Prevention is better than cure.

As you can see others agree and like my comment. You turned it into something inflammatory, but it is not. Clear Linux is a distro with pre-setup kernel optimizations that can be replicated in other distros - probably exceeded. Your comment barely makes sense and you have the attitude that you shouldn't even have to explain yourself.

[lsatenstein]

I am a desktop user. Half my retired day is browsing the web, doing some test compiles of software, testing other software and watching audio-visual presentations. For youtube videos, CL is on a par with other distros, but when friends send me mp4's or *.mov's or other audio-videos, CL offers no option. I am asked to compile my own VLC version. My attitude is "why bother", I have Fedora 32 on a second disk, and it is complete for audio-visual support, So CL, until I want to update my C code, its casual visits or visits to compile programs that execute faster and are smaller. Programs are ones I compile for my own uses.