Trying Out Ubuntu 17.10 On A Laptop One Month Ahead Of Release

In the other benchmarks, it's most often similar performance in the CPU-bound tests, except in specialized cases where the newer Linux kernel helps out and/or where the upgrade from GCC 6 to GCC 7 makes an impact. More benchmarks of 17.04 vs. 17.10 daily on this Razer Blade Stealth can be found via this OpenBenchmarking.org result file.

Stay tuned for more Ubuntu 17.10 tests as its official release approaches on 19 October.