While we have conducted studies related to the Linux kernel
performance in the past such as benchmarking up to twelve kernel
releases, going out the door this morning are the results from the
largest-ever Linux kernel comparison conducted at Phoronix, and very
likely the largest ever of its kind regardless of source. Every major
Linux kernel release from Linux 2.6.12, which was released in mid-2005,
up through the latest Linux 2.6.37 development code was tested. This
represents the past five years of the Linux kernel and shows how the
performance has evolved over the past 25 stable kernel releases and the
most recent 2.6.37 development kernel.
Read more at Phoronix.
Five Years Of Linux Kernel Benchmarks @ Phoronix
Posted on Thursday, November 04 2010 @ 5:26 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck