Noticed 18.04 vs 20.04 speed

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 16:30:00 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
>I would have thought 20.04 would be faster or at least the same speed.

Do you expect that running newer software versions, without updating the
hardware does increase performance?

"Wirth's law is a adage on computer performance which states that
software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware is becoming
faster." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth's_law

Nowadays Wirth's law is much likely incorrect, you can easily get new
hardware that speeds up performance, if you are willing to pay much
money for latest hardware, to cause more and more hazardous waste, to
waste rare earth elements, to increase power consumption, IOW to trash
the planet more and more by intervals that become shorter and shorter.

A new computer becomes obsolet, while you leave the shop, but it anyway
will speed up performance for a while.