Windows 7 vs. Linux Mint 12: Java Performance

Java allows you to play online games, chat with people around the world, calculate your mortgage interest, and view images in 3D, just to name a few. It's also integral to the intranet applications and other e-business solutions that are the foundation of corporate computing.

In this benchmark, Windows 7 Ultimate goes against Linux Mint 12 in an online Java gaming test, to prove once and for all which OS handles Java better.

System Specifications:

Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 @ 2.10 GHz
Intel GM 965 Chipset (X3100 Graphics)
3 GB of RAM

Software used:

Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
Linux Mint 12 32 bit
Mozilla Firefox 9.0.1
Java (version 6 update 30)

Link to the benchmark: http://soupgames.net/guimark2/

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[ThamanX]

lienucksfails2... allone for that name i would laugh at you XD cant believe someone who has such a childish name is taken for 100 %

[lienucksfails2]

@ThamanX It's all a ploy; naturally you'd expect people to sink into denial when confronted with such a user name, but it takes someone of a higher IQ to look past ad hominem and realize that the validity of the videos has nothing to do with user names.

[MDxm3000]

LOL, ofc this performs bad on Linux, Intel drivers have been lousy at best for that OS. But they are improving them.

[lienucksfails2]

@MDxm3000 Well said, few of these Lunix mad fanboys realize that the Intel drivers are horrible for their nerd OS compared to Windows.

But Java in general is also awfully bad on LiEnucks.

[zZGzHD]

@lienucksfails2

Well that's the developer's fault, not Linux.

[lienucksfails2]

@zZGzHD No, it's Lunix's fault: just think about it. The underlying structure of the OS makes it very difficult for developers to write efficient code for it, whereas, writing efficient code for Windows is really easy.

The Xorg video server on Lunix is really bloated and bug ridden, for example, that's why GPU related tasks are inefficient (such as gaming). Also, Lunix's memory management is sub-par as all web browsers such as Chromium, Firefox, Opera, etc, use twice as much RAM on it than Win7

[Tsicar]

LOL, even without Compiz — Windows (with Aero effects) is faster!

[FriezaReturns00001]

Lunix never wins. Its just that easy.

[BattlePikeQueerLucy]

@jdblaich Nice try, but you're not fooling anyone. Everyone knows that you're forced to use the terminal on Lunix to get anything done. Here is a simple example: recording game play footage - such as Nexuiz.

Oh guess what? You can only do it via GLC, which must be done via the terminal. Have fun coding at your bug ridden piece of shit console for the next 10 years.

[jdblaich]

@BattlePikeQueerLucy Today the terminal is a convenience feature, just as the cmd.exe or command.com command prompt were convenience features of the past. In case you didn't realize it, there are far more people using the cmd.exe than there are people using the Linux terminal. With KDE 4.8 or any other DM Linux is a super desktop for any user, average or otherwise.

[jdblaich]

@BattlePikeQueerLucy Generally when I say something it is true. And it is much more educated than most posts. The average user is whatever makes the average user. If Linux is their OS then Linux is being used by the average user. The reason for the lack of adoption is many fold but it isn't because Linux is decrepit requiring a terminal or console. In case you didn't know it Windows required the use of the command prompt for many years. Linux today requires no terminal to do anything.

[BattlePikeQueerLucy]

@jdblaich Not true. If you really think about it, it's Lunix's fault to begin with. Just think about it this way: had Lunix been more user friendly, less buggy, and more oriented to the average users out there (which make up 99% of the user population) - it would have been adopted more readily and companies would have made better software for it.

Too bad it's a bug ridden nerd hobby OS that relies on the terminal/console to do anything.

[jdblaich]

This is a java issue not a Linux issue. Java is Oracle/Sun. Their failing.

I've seen a couple of these tests. They are invalid. There's no video on the hardware configuration. We just have to take his word for it. Apps in normal environments are done with native binaries on both platforms. Showing web based Java and javascript comparisons are not real world.

And Linux wins most of the time, only not in the implementation of a microsoft demo or an Oracle failed implementation.

[jdblaich]

It's a Java related implementation that's at issue. The implementation of Java on Linux is poorly done by Oracle (Sun). It isn't an issue with Linux, it's an issue with Oracle.

[BattlePikeQueerLucy]

@MrFatfree What nonsense.

1) LiEnucks gets viruses, gets hacked, malware, backdoors all the time.

2) WINE is a bug ridden piece of shit, very few games work on it, and most of the time: with severe bugs and limited functionality (most common problem: no online gameplay), not to mention, a massive performance penalty (games run 2x to 10x slower).

3) Lunix stole every idea that it has from Windows, it only took Lunix 10 years to be as good as Win98

4) Never had a virus on Win7

[MrFatfree]

Im not linux mad guy i just want to ride safe and stable OS... i moved from Win to Mint due to amount of viruses, hacks, holes, backdoors and God knows what else i had on Win.

Since i can use my Win software, including games thanks to WINE in linux i cant see the reason to pump even more money into fat dogs from Microsoft.

Its not hard to make a nice good looking OS when u steal most of ideas from Open Source Solutions and have bln of dolars behind.

Ur getting payed for this shit to dis Linux?