Ubuntu's Unity Decision Affects 2D Performance Too

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 20, 2012 5:15 PM EDT
Phoronix; By Michael Larabel
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Last week I delivered OpenGL/3D benchmarks of Ubuntu 12.10 when comparing the performance of the default Unity desktop to the now-defunct Unity 2D environment. Canonical's decision to kill Unity 2D means that for those now forced to use the Compiz-based Unity may experience lower frame-rates, high power consumption with Unity-over-LLVMpipe, and other differences. Additional testing has shown how Unity is affecting the 2D graphics performance.

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