Firefox performance

[Michael Cronenworth]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Firefox performance
From: Adam Pribyl <pribyl at lowlevel.cz>
To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
Date: 02/13/2009 10:45 AM

> Is there anything we can do to improve the Fedora picture?
> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/browser-benchmarks-2-even-wine-beats-linux-firefox 
> 


Yes, this needs to be addressed.

i386 Firefox 3.0.6       i386 Firefox 3.0.6 w/ Wine
Score: 99.9              Score: 117
Richards: 97.5           Richards: 139
DeltaBlue: 122           DeltaBlue: 154
Crypto: 83.0             Crypto: 83.4
RayTrace: 84.3           RayTrace: 88.6
EarleyBoyer: 140         EarleyBoyer: 157
RegExp: 85.7             RegExp: 101

Pentium 4 3.06ghz
2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686

This is after running the test three times on each browser. Let me add 
that using -safe-mode made Zero difference in this test. With a capital Z.

Turning off compiz gave me a whole 5 extra total score points.