performance tests conducted on 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10rc

[Mirco Müller]

Greetings everybody!

	Phoronix ran performance tests on releases 7.04, 7.10, 8.04 and 8.10rc.
8.10 seems to be the worst performer of the quartet. Have a look at
their summarizing article:

        http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_bench_2008&num=1

	They are trying to be fair and point out possible causes for the
slowdowns. While this has only been tested on a ThinkPad T60 their
initial findings are nothing to write home about. Most influential are
crucial parts like the kernel, gcc, Xorg, graphics-drivers.

Time for alarm-bells to go off?

Best regards ...

Mirco