Linux [Phoronix]Is Arch Linux Really Faster Than Ubuntu?

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Phoronix tested Both Ubuntu and Arch.But ,No "Rolling Release" is not Faster.zilch,..nada..;)

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While we often hear "Arch is faster than Ubuntu" and similar statements in our forums and via email comments, this really is not the case. At least when both Arch and Ubuntu are put in as much a stock configuration as possible to reflect the "out of the box" experience encountered by most users, the numbers shown on this Intel Core 2 Duo notebook show the performance to be about the same. The only time there were major swings in performance is when one distribution is using a compositing manager during the OpenGL testing and in some of the disk tests with the EXT4 file-system where its performance is known to sway a great deal between Linux kernel releases due to various changes talked about in other Phoronix articles. Of course, if you think differently or are using very different hardware, you can see for yourself in a reproducible way using the Phoronix Test Suite.​
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While we often hear "Arch is faster than Ubuntu" and similar statements in our forums and via email comments, this really is not the case. At least when both Arch and Ubuntu are put in as much a stock configuration as possible to reflect the "out of the box" experience encountered by most users, the numbers shown on this Intel Core 2 Duo notebook show the performance to be about the same. The only time there were major swings in performance is when one distribution is using a compositing manager during the OpenGL testing and in some of the disk tests with the EXT4 file-system where its performance is known to sway a great deal between Linux kernel releases due to various changes talked about in other Phoronix articles. Of course, if you think differently or are using very different hardware, you can see for yourself in a reproducible way using the Phoronix Test Suite.​
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[Phoronix] Is Arch Linux Really Faster Than Ubuntu?
 
^^Yep had a look at it the previous day. The point is how much bloat both comes with, even though Ubuntu is not lagging behind but still on the desktop front its not as fast as Arch.

Arch feels so fast and light ;)
 
I was toying with the idea of installing ARCH but since it requires internet I didn't venture out for it ! Because mine is BSNL 30kbps :( :( :(
but I did try Arch quiet some time back I liked it :)
Dark Star said:
Arch feels so fast and light ;)
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