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

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 23 August 2012 at 10:55 AM EDT. Page 4 of 15. 16 Comments.
Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux

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

Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux
Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux
Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux
Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux

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

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