Firefox 3 runs faster on Linux+Wine than on Linux -- comparative to running on Windows

[Zachary Goldberg]

2009/2/13 Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Reece Dunn <msclrhd at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> For those not monitoring slashdot [1], there is an article [2] that is
>> comparing the Google V8 benchmark on Windows and Linux versions of
>> Firefox 3.
>>
>> The result of this is that the Windows and Wine runs are pretty close
>> (241 vs 227) when compared to the Linux run (181) and Opera (155).
>>
>> I wonder what the results are like on Firefox 3.1 with tracemonkey
>> enabled on Windows, Wine and Linux.
>>
>> [1] http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/13/0058251
>> [2] http://www.tuxradar.com/content/browser-benchmarks-2-even-wine-beats-linux-firefox
>>
>> - Reece
>>
>>
>>
>
> Neat!
>
> I've noticed it being a bit faster here as well. I have to use Wine +
> Firefox to access one of my course's website, because it refuses to
> work on Ubuntu + Firefox. Even user agent spoofing won't allow it to
> work...
>
> --
> -Austin
>
>
>

I love how there are even been users in response to that thread who
can verify...
Hm...
(/me does winetricks firefox3)...

Wine + FF3: 165
Native FF3: 149
Myth: Confirmed!