Web browsers are one the most important constituents of any computer in todays world.
Without web web app, there can be no Internet and surfing.
So which web web app is most popular among Linux users.
Googles Chrome came in second with a mere 15.67 percent.
The rest of the vote being divided between a multitude of obscure browsers.mostly in single percentages.
So, Mozillas Firefox is the most popular surfing app among Linux users.
But is it really the fastest.
Now, who would want that kind of a internet tool?
So,Steven J. Vaughan-NicholsofZDNetdecided to conduct a test to find out the fastest internet tool on Linux.
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Which is the fastest web internet tool for Linux run PC/laptops?
For one there is homogeneity in software and second, there are lots of benchmarking tools available.
Testing browsers on Linux is a humongous task considering the 100+ distros available for Linux.
Stevens decided to use Ubuntu 16.04 Linux distro run PC.
Which browsers did Stevens test?
Stevens lined up the following web browsers for his Linux speed test.
Benchmarking tools
To get the best results, Stevens used six benchmarking tools.
The result
Here is what he found out.
JetSteam 1.1:This JavaScript benchmark builds on the foundation of the obsoleteSunSpider.
It combines several JavaScript benchmarks to report a single score that balances them using geometric mean.
JetStream includes benchmarks from the SunSpider 1.0.2 and Octane 2 JavaScript benchmark suites.
This test suite also includes benchmarks from theLLVMcompiler open-source project, compiled to JavaScript usingEmscripten 1.13.
On this benchmark, larger scores are better.
Here, the fresh-from-the-developers Chromium took first place with a score of 180.89.
Close on its heels came Chrome with 179.77 and Opera with 178.84.
Vivaldi was right behind the top three with 176.84.
Web came in next at 172.94.
In last place, by a considerable distance, was Firefox with 163.38.
Kraken 1.1: This benchmark, which is descended from SunSpider, also measures JavaScript performance.
To this basic JavaScript testing, it added typical use-case scenarios.
Mozilla, Firefoxs parent organization, created Kraken.
With this benchmark, the lower the score, the better the result.
In this run, Opera took first with a score of 988.84 milliseconds (ms).
A hair-breadths behind came Chromium at 989.5ms.
Chrome took third place with 993.0ms.
Right behind Chrome was Vivaldi with 988.4ms.
Then, there was a big performance drop off.
Firefox avoided last place with a score of 1,088.3ms, while Web landed at the bottom at 1,121ms.
Octane 2.0: Googles JavaScript benchmark also includes scenario testing for todays interactive web applications.
Octane is not Chrome-specific.
For example, it tests how fast Microsofts TypeScript compiles itself.
On this benchmark, the higher the score, the better.
Chrome emerged on top of this benchmark with 31,737.
Chromium, to no surprise, took second with a score of 31,453.
Opera came in third with 30,979.
Fourth place went to Vivaldi at 30,772.
It was followed by Firefox at 30628, and in a distant last place, Web at 27,949.
It usesTodoMVCto simulate user actions for adding, completing, and removing to-do items.
On this test, results are measured in runs per minute.
The higher the score, the better.
Once more Chrome took the top spot with a score of 113.2.
Vivaldi was close behind it with 112.3.
Opera took third with 108.5.
Web was right behind Opera with a result of 107.2.
Then, a ways back, came Chromium with 97.23.
WebXPRT:This is todays most comprehensive web app benchmark.
It uses scenarios created to mirror everyday tasks.
Here, the higher the score, the faster the web client.
Firefox finally emerges on top in this benchmark with a result of 353.
This is far above Web with 294.
Chrome and Opera both tied for third with scores of 282.
Vivaldi came next at 244, and Chromium took last place with 231.
This test isnt a benchmark.
It just shows how close each internet tool comes to being in sync with the HTML 5 standard.
A perfect score, which none received, is 550.
If your web web app has trouble with todays web standard, it doesnt matter how fast it is.
By this yardstick, Chrome is the best at 519.
Its followed closely by Vivaldi with 517 and Opera with 512.
Chromium occupies the next step down with 505.
After that, Firefox falls far behind with a result of 471.
Web, however, is the worst of the lot with a mere 386.
Collating all the data, Stevens found out that Googles Chrome is the speediest surfing app for Linux.
Steven says that Googles Chrome is not the fastest, its close to being the speediest.
Firefox, more often than not, really isnt that fast.
source: www.techworm.net
