Trying To Make Ubuntu 18.10 Run As Fast As Intel's Clear Linux
Depending upon your particular workloads, tuning Ubuntu can be worthwhile.
For some of the default packages, Clear Linux ships them in a very well tuned state.
And in some workloads, there is no real difference between these platforms.
The problem with running workloads inside Docker/containers is that the I/O performance can end up degraded.
The GIMP build inside Clear is also quite fast compared to what is shipped on Ubuntu.
Those wanting to dig through all 92 benchmarks in total can find the entire data set over on OpenBenchmarking.org.
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